Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi, killed by hooded gunmen.
Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi, Director of Finance in the Ogun State Governor’s Office, was on Wednesday killed by masked gunmen.
The accountant, it was gathered, was waylaid and shot dead on the popular Kuto Bridge in Abeokuta, less than three kilometres from a bank where he had withdrawn a large sum of money for government use.
The unknown amount was also taken away by the gunmen.
Sources from the government office hinted that Oyekanmi was gruesomely killed a few days after he celebrated his birthday.
The sources further stated that Oyekanmi was rushed to the state hospital, in Ijaye area of Abeokuta, where he breathed his last.
The news of his demise, it was further gathered, had been broken to his family, and the Secretary to the State government (SSG), Tokunbo Talabi, as at press time, was with the family of the deceased paying his condolence.
Omolola Odutola, spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, when contacted, confirmed the incident but insisted that nobody died at the scene.
However, the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, confirmed the incident and also admitted that Oyekanmi was killed.
Stated a source: “This afternoon, the accountant, the director of finance with a driver and one other person left for Fidelity bank to make some withdrawal, they went with a homemade bullion van. They were supposed to have a police escort, but for certain reasons, the person was permitted to travel to attend to some issues, so consequently he was not part of the movement today.
“According to the story, after making the withdrawal, and on their way back to the office, they were accosted. A vehicle blocked them on top of the bridge, five occupants of the vehicle came down, shot at the director and from their vehicle brought out a sledgehammer to force the receptacle where the money was kept open and they left with the money.
“As at that time, there was no information, the police escort was not with the team and they sped off. The director who was shot was thereafter taken to Ijaye hospital where he eventually gave up the ghost.
“For our investigation, I have directed the Area Commander to get to the bank and request the CCTV footage which will give us insight into the vehicle in question and the possibility of identifying the culprits if they ever ventured to step out of the vehicle or maybe they just maintained their position in the vehicle.
“I have reached out to Lagos and everywhere in the command to block all the exits out of the state while we are trying to identify them because they said they were five and they used hood”.
