Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Olamilekan Adeola has alleged that suspected soldiers operating at checkpoints around Ikeja axis of Lagos State, robbed and killed his senior aide, Adeniyi Oluwatosin Sanni, in the early hours of Saturday August 5, 2023.
The statement read;
”It was gathered that the wife called a while later and the late Mr. Sanni told him that soldiers are still checking the vehicle’s paper. That was the last she heard from her husband and the body of Mr. Sanni, ridden with bullets, was later discovered at Toyota Bus Stop area of Oshodi, close to a military barrack.
“In an update about the investigation of the murder and armed robbery by the Nigerian Police Force, through a statement issued in Abuja, Senator Adeola stated that he is of the firm believe, 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 Nigeria Army, Brigadier General Nsikan John Edet, through mounting of checkpoints and robbing of lone occupants of cars.
“Till date, the black Toyota Camry of Mr. Sanni, his phones and other valuables are yet to be recovered.
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