Contrary to the rumours that the killing of Gov. Oshiomhole’s aide
Olaitan Oyerinde was killed by politicians in Edo State in order to
ensure Oshiomhole failed in the last gubernatorial election, six
suspects who carried out the operation explained their connection in the
death of Oyerinde.They were paraded by the Department of State Security Service SSS yesterday in Abuja.
Late Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, Principal Private Secretary to the Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, was killed on May 4, 2012 in his residence at Ugbor GRA, Benin shortly before governor’s hard-earned
governorship election.
The suspected armbed robbers who simply gave their names as Mohammed Abdullahi, Raymond Origbo and Chikezie Edeh who are the three armed-robber gang while Saidu Yakubu, Sani Abubakar and Hassan Bashiru according the deputy Director, Public Relations and the Spokesperson of the security service, Marilyn Ogar.
Speaking to newsmen, the leader of the three-man robbery gang Mohammed Abdullahi said the security guard of late Olaitan gave out his boss by boasting to him how late Oyerinde used to bring home large amount of money due to his position as the governor’s aide.
He disclosed that during the operation, he personally directed his gang members to tie the security guard so as he would not see his face and they then proceeded to attack Late Oyerinde and carted away some cash, cell phones and apple Ipad.
He said: “We never had the intention of killing him. We went there just to rob him and get away. When we got there, he was relaxing in one of the seats in his sitting room with his wife and a baby in another seat.
“We commanded him to lie face down; he obeyed. We then noticed another man in the house who we also ordered to lie face down. Suddenly, the man (Oyerinde) jumped up and he was running towards his room.
“Being a big man, we thought he was going to get his gun. So, I shot him. In truth, I shot him only once. Raymond also shot him.”
Origbo (26) corroborated Abdullahi’s story with a slight variation: “We did not go there to kill him. We only went there to rob. When the man started running towards his room, I shot in the air. I did not shoot at him. It was Abdullahi that shot him. After shooting in the air, I walked back to the sitting room. It was my first operation.”
A third suspect, Chikezie (30) told a
similar story: “It was Saidu Yakubu (a.k.a Imam) that introduced me to Abdullahi who led the operation. I don’t know the big man’s gateman. It’s Abdullahi who knows him because they attend the same village meeting together.
“Before we got to the house, Abdullahi told us to blindfold the gateman so that he would not recognise him and we blindfolded him before we went upstairs. It was Abdullahi and Raymond that shot him. I did not fire any shot. We did not go there to kill him. We only went there to rob. I joined criminal gangs when I was deported from France in 2005 because my travel papers were not complete.”
