The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District of Ogun State, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola has accused soldiers of the Nigerian Army operating checkpoints around Ikeja axis of Lagos State of killing his senior legislative aide, Adeniyi Sanni.
Recall that Sanni was murdered under controversial circumstances in the early hours of Saturday August 5, 2023, when he was stopped by armed men in uniform at a checkpoint around Berger area of the state.
The deceased was asked to provide the documents of the car he was driving, which he did through a call to his wife who sent all the documents to his phone WhatsApp.
It was reported that the wife called a while later and the late Sanni told her soldiers are still checking the vehicle’s paper. Moments later, the body of Sanni, riddled with bullets was discovered at Toyota Bus Stop area of Oshodi, close to a military barrack.
While providing updates on the incident, Senator Adeola stated that, based on available facts at the disposal of the Police, his aide was killed by a syndicate of soldiers of 9 Brigade, Ikeja Cantonment of the Nigeria Army, adding that the group carries out it’s nefarious activities by mounting checkpoints and robbing lone occupants of cars.
The Ogun West Senator added that top Police sources familiar with the investigation informed him that a similar brutal killing and armed robbery occurred around the same Ojodu- Berger late Thursday night of August 17, 2023 resulting in the killing of another Nigerian whose body was discovered around Iyana-Ipaja after he was taken away by soldiers from the checkpoint.
According to him “unknown to the soldiers, the occupant of the car they killed and took away his car was the second car in a convoy of two heading towards the same destination.
“On noticing the absence of the second car after a while, the occupant of the first car (name withheld) placed a call to his colleague in the second car who informed him that he was being taking to Iyana Ipaja by the soldiers at the checkpoint.
“That was the last he heard from him, adding that his dead body was later discovered dumped on the road just like Sanni.
Senator Adeola called on the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja to direct the fishing out of the killers of his aide for further investigation, prosecution and justice for the deceased as a pattern of killings and armed robbery has been established against soldiers mounting late night checkpoints around Ikeja with similar unreported incidences in recent times.
He further stated that till date, the black Toyota Camry of his Aide, Sanni, his phones and other valuables are yet to be recovered.
