Solomon Adeola, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and Ogun West Senator, has asserted that soldiers from the Nigerian Army stationed at checkpoints in the Ikeja area of Lagos State are implicated in the tragic killing of his senior legislative aide, Mr. Adeniyi Oluwatosin Sanni. The incident occurred on the early morning of Saturday, August 5, 2023.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HEREā¶
Reports from LEADERSHIP reveal that the lifeless body of the legislative aide was discovered bearing gunshot wounds after he had previously informed his wife about being questioned at a checkpoint two weeks prior….CONTINUE READING
Earlier, Senator Adeola had disclosed that the information he received concerning the circumstances surrounding the aide’s demise pointed to an encounter at a checkpoint in the Ojodu-Berger Area of Lagos.
He narrated that security agents had requested vehicle documents, which Sanni had his wife send through WhatsApp after a phone call.
Later, Sanni informed his wife during a call that soldiers were still inspecting the vehicle’s papers. Tragically, this was the last communication before his body, riddled with bullet wounds, was found near the Toyota Bus Stop in the Oshodi area, adjacent to a military barracks.
In an update regarding the ongoing investigation into the murder and related armed robbery, the Nigerian Police Force issued a statement in Abuja on Monday. Senator Adeola, in the statement he personally signed, expressed his conviction that his aide was slain by a group of soldiers associated with the newly appointed Commander of the 9 Brigade at Ikeja Cantonment, Brigadier General Nsikan John Edet. The allegations revolve around checkpoints being used as a platform for robbing solitary car occupants.
Based on information garnered from top Police sources familiar with the investigation, Senator Adeola revealed that another violent murder and armed robbery event took place around the Ojodu-Berger area on the late night of August 17, 2023. In this incident, the victim was killed after being taken away by soldiers from a checkpoint, and his body was subsequently discovered near Iyana-Ipaja.
The Senator is urging for a thorough investigation into these grave allegations, seeking to uncover the truth behind the involvement of soldiers in the tragic events.
