The Police Command in Ekiti State said on Tuesday that it had arrested a six-man robbery gang that allegedly killed Michael Adedeji, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state\u00a0House of Assembly.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0News Agency of Nigeria<\/em>\u00a0reports that Adedeji, who until his murder was representing Ekiti Southwest Constituency (II), was\u00a0shot in the head by the hoodlums on August 10, 2018.<\/p>\n The suspected bandits, who police said, had already made confessional statements were paraded by the new Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Asuquo Amba, in Ado Ekiti.<\/p>\n The suspects, according to the CP, also allegedly killed one Kayode Omowaye when they raided OJAS Pleasure Hotels in Oye Ekiti on August 10, 2018.<\/p>\n Parading the suspects, the CP gave names of those arrested in connection with the murder of Adedeji as Dele Obamoyegun, Idowu Sunday, Adeniyi Wumi, Leye Ojo, Akindanhunsi Damilola and Olaosebikan Babatunde.<\/p>\n NAN<\/em>\u00a0reports that Exhibits recovered from them include Cut-to-size barrel guns, 17 live cartridges, 75 handsets, seven laptops,\u00a0cash sum of\u00a0 N147,000,\u00a0four stolen vehicles, one of them belonging to the late Omowaye.<\/p>\n The CP said the suspects were arrested by men and officers of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad during a stop-and-search operation along Ado-Iworoko road.<\/p>\n When interviewed\u00a0 by newsmen, the gang leader, Obamoyegun confessed to the crime, saying, \u201cWe shot him (Adedeji)\u00a0after robbing him. He did not struggle with us but one of us shot him. I have to confess; we didn\u2019t know he was a lawmaker.\u201d<\/p>\n The CP said that the gang also invaded\u00a0Afe Babalola University\u00a0junior staff quarters and snatched a car belonging to one Mrs Bosede Ojo.<\/p>\n He said that most disturbing was that Dele\u2019s mother, Bola Obamoyegun was the one accepting and concealing stolen items for the gang led by his son.<\/p>\n \u201cDele\u2019s mother was the one concealing stolen items for them. As we speak, two of her children had earlier been convicted for robbery and this to us was a failure of motherhood.<\/p>\n \u201cOur parents must learn how to make their children responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n Amba hinted that the Command was synergizing with the army and other sister security agencies in the state to ensure that all the border towns were safe for the citizens.<\/p>\n The Police Command in Ekiti State said on Tuesday that it had arrested a six-man robbery gang that allegedly killed Michael Adedeji, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state\u00a0House of Assembly. The\u00a0News Agency of Nigeria\u00a0reports that Adedeji, who until his murder was representing Ekiti Southwest Constituency (II), was\u00a0shot in the head by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[308,209,197],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-ekiti","tag-governor","tag-states"],"yoast_head":"\n