Nigerian Soldiers Stopped My Aide At Lagos Checkpoint At Night And K!lled Him; His Car, Phones Still Missing —Senator Adeola Yayi
Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, has alleged that Nigerian soldiers killed his senior aide, Mr Adeniyi Oluwatoson Sanni at a checkpoint in Lagos.
The senator said the tragic incident occurred around the Ikeja axis early on Saturday, August 5, 2023.
The Senator’s allegation is contained in a statement he signed and made available to THISDAY in Abuja on Monday.
Mr Adeola had stated that information available to him regarding the death of Sanni was that he was stopped at a checkpoint by security agents around the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos on his way to his home at Isheri.
He noted that the deceased was asked to provide his vehicle particulars and that he was able to provide them after his wife sent them to him on his phone via WhatsApp.
It was gathered when his wife called a while later, Sanni told her that he was still with the soldiers and that they were checking the documents.
That was the last she heard from her husband.
Sanni's remains, ridden with bullets, were later discovered at the Toyota Bus Stop area of Oshodi, close to a military barracks.
Giving an update on the investigation into the killing, the senator said, “I am of the firm belief, based on available facts at the disposal of the police that his aide was killed by a syndicate of soldiers operating under the newly deployed Commander of 9 Brigade, Ikeja Cantonment of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Nsikan John Edet, through mounting of checkpoints and robbing of lone occupants of cars.
“Top police sources familiar with the investigation informed me 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.
"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.
“The first car passed the soldiers checkpoint but the second car was stopped to check his vehicle’s papers.
“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 taken to Iyana Ipaja by the soldiers at the checkpoint.
"That was the last he heard from him and his dead body was later discovered dumped on the road just like Mr. Sanni.
“The survivor in the first car reported the case to the police and a pattern of armed robbery and killing in the area involving men in Army uniform was established.”
Mr Adeola urged the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, to find the soldiers who killed his aide so that they can be brought to justice.
According to him, such killings and armed robbery incidents have been established against soldiers at checkpoints around Ikeja at night.
“To date, the black Toyota Camry of Mr Sanni, his phones and other valuables are yet to be recovered,” he added.
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