Six days after Governor Adams
Oshiomole of Edo State's convoy was attacked along Warrake-Auchi Road by a
truck that curiously veered off its track and headed straight for the staff
car, missing it by the whiskers killing three journalists, while others,
including security details sustained various degrees of injuries, the Edo State
Government is bereaved again.
The people of Edo State
woke up on the morning of Friday 5th May, 2012 to the sad news of the
assassination of the Special Adviser on Special Duties and Principal Private
Secretary to the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, Comrade
Olaitan Oyerinde, 44.
According to the Chief of Staff
to the Governor of Edo State, Osarodion revealed that Oyerinde was assassinated
by assassins, who broke into his fenced compound in Ugbor GRA , Benin
City and shot him dead. The killers, who reportedly got into the house in a
commando style, escaped before any alarm could be raised by Oyerinde's
household and left him in a pool of his own blood.
Alhaji Alli, a security guard to
Comrade Olaitan confirmed to the police that his late boss was assassinated by
four gunmen in cold blood.
He said that he was tied and
bundled to the ground, while one of them held him at gunpoint, while the
remaining went for Olaitan. “They entered through the window and shot him
(Olaitan) three times in the eyes, chest region and stomach,” the guard added.
The Special Adviser on Media to
the Governor, Tony Iyare also confirmed that Oyerinde was killed by four
gunmen, who invaded his house at 1.am on the fateful day.
He said; “Shortly after they
stormed the compound, they bounded the security guard, while two of them,
forced their way through the door and made straight to the bedroom.
“On recognizing that it was Mr.
Oyerinde's brother-in-law, who was actually sleeping on the bed, they
immediately left him and went for the wife, Funke asking her to lead them to
the husband who, unknown to them, was
sleeping in the living room.
“On sighting him, they instantly
fired four shots; one to the head, chest, abdomen and hip killing Oyerinde
instantly. The gunmen later fled without taking anything from the house.”
It would be recalled that the
house of the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Louis Odion, was invaded
by suspected hired killers few days ago. Odion was however said not to be at
home on the auspicious day as he had been persuaded to sleep over in a fellow
commissioner's residence after a late night meeting with the governor.
The reports added that the hoodlums broke the
security of the house of the commissioner and started requesting for him before
his family members who were at home raised an alarm that attracted security
operatives in the area, which caused the hoodlums to run away.
Observers maintained that the
battle is between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which used to be in power
in the state and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which happens to be the
incumbent party in the state. This has allegedly led to several political
bickering, fights and killings until the latest onslaught that is apparently
directed at the governor and other officials of the state government.
Our investigation revealed that
the governor has begun moves to tighten security around himself and his
officials and the people of Edo
State are apprehensive as
nobody seems to be safe with the security threat in the state arising from the
battle for the soul of the south-south state in the coming election.
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