Mr Nicholas
Ofodile, a Kogi-based businessman, who was found dead in his car last month
along Abuja-Lokoja highway (read here), was murdered by assassins hired by an
aggrieved associate.
The identity
of Ofodile’s alleged killer was disclosed by the Kogi State Commissioner of
Police, Mr Ede Ayuba, while parading the leader of the gang, one Vincent
Omogor, and 27 others at the command’s
headquarters in Lokoja yesterday, July 29.
Ayuba
disclosed that the suspect was arrested by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
operatives in collaboration with vigilantes in the state. He was arrested in
Orehi, Kogi Local Government Area of the State.
Speaking with
newsmen, the suspect said he was commissioned by someone, who he referred to as
“chairman”, to assassinate the businessman. He said “chairman” was aggrieved by
the failure of the deceased to fulfill certain financial obligations to him
when his father took ill.
He explained
that “chairman” became angry when his father eventually died of the ailment so
he decided to take revenge by killing Ofodile.
The assassin
said: “Chairman gave us full details about the man’s movement from Lokoja to
Abuja. We then waited for him and when we saw his car, we forced him to stop,
dragged him out, killed him and put his body back inside the car.”
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