MURDER SUSPECTS IMPLICATE SARAKI, KWARA GOVERNOR, OTHERS
MURDER
SUSPECTS IMPLICATE SARAKI, KWARA GOVERNOR, OTHERS
The suspects, who have been transferred to Abuja for
further investigation, Reporters learned, named the Senate President and Mr.
Ahmed in the confessional statements made to the Police.
The suspected
killers paraded by the Kwara State Police Command in Ilorin last week have
named the Senate President, Mr. Bukola Saraki and Kwara State governor, Mr.
Abdulfattah Ahmed, as two of the men who ordered them to kill many Kwara State
indigenes in Nigeria and abroad.
The suspects,
who have been transferred to Abuja for further investigation, Reporters
learned, named the Senate President and Mr. Ahmed in the confessional
statements made to the Police.
According to
the statements made to the Police, the suspects said they have been on the
payroll of the Kwara State Government and Mandate Office of Mr. Saraki.
The leader of
the killer squad, the son of Salihu Woru the self-appointed spokesman of
Magajis in Ilorin Emirate, is placed on salary Grade Level 16, while his
colleagues are on Levels 10 to 15.
The suspects, Reporters gathered, also admitted that they were
being paid from the Office of the Senate President. Mr. Saraki, the suspects
told the Police, gave them Toyota Corolla cars a few months ago as a way of
securing the loyalty ahead of the 2019 elections.
On the list of
people marked for execution before the election, they said, are two men, both
named Mustapha; Kayode Oyin, Yinka Aluko, Baba Rex, and one Ogunlowo.
A Police source
told Reporters that bank statements retrieved from the suspects indicated that
they received money on a monthly basis from Mr. Saraki and the Kwara State
government. This, added the source, has ensured that most of them have healthy
bank balances running into millions of naira.
Following their
confession, the Senate President and Mr. Ahmed attempted to pressure the Kwara
State Police Commissioner, Mr. Aminu Pai Saleh, using Director of Public
Prosecution (DPP), Mr. Jimoh Mumini, who is said to be very corrupt.
Mr. Pai Saleh
was said to have been offered money, which he rejected. Mr. Mumini has been
critical of the transfer of the suspects to Abuja, saying that the state
government has successfully prosecuted cultists and killers at the State High
Court under the penal code.
The Senate
President and Mr. Ahmed may soon be invited by the Police. Both men have
accused the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, of planning to
frame them for murder.
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