Osun State Police Command arrested eight suspects in connection with the murder of a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Obafemi Awolowo University by name Dr. Adedeji Adejobi.
Mr. Kola Sodipo, the Commissioner of Police in Osun State said this in Osogbo on Tuesday at a media chat to review activities of the command in the last quarter of 2015.
He added that the command had arrested 52 robbery suspects and 11 murder suspects so far, from September to December 2015 and has also recovered 18 vehicles, 22 arms and 37 ammunition among others.
He also stated that the command has arrested eight suspects involved in the armed robbery and murder of Dr. Adedeji Adejobi and Abdulahhi, the street security guard. The incident occurred on July 14th 2015 at about 11pm in Ile Ife.
The suspects are: Abiodun Damilola Jawefa, Adegoke Adeolu, Sunday Okoro, Abiodun Ayeni, Faisal Musa, Biliaminu Alasan, Sule Victor and Boby Eric.
The suspects had confessed that the gun used to kill Dr. Adejobi was fired by Anthony Okoro and it belongs to Abiodun Damilola Jawefa.
Police report on the murder case negates the assassination claims in some quarters as the Commissioner stated that the gang had earlier snatched a Toyota Corolla at Ilesa which they used to trail the deceased who was driving home in his Toyota Venza , a sport utility van.
He said the laptop computer of the deceased, phones and cash were recovered at Sabo Ibadan from one of the suspects, Faisal Musa, who he said was one of the custodian of stolen goods.
He also had plasma television set, laptop computer, two locally made single barrel guns, one live and three expended cartridges and one empty shell of 9mm pistol ammunition in his custody, which was recovered from him after his arrest.
The CP stated that the suspects had been arraigned while efforts to arrest Okoro, who shot the lecturer and the security guard were still on.
