GUNMEN MURDER EX-COUNCILLOR IN OGUN
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Mutiu Akinbami, a former councillor of Abeokuta North Local Government Area, was shot dead by cult-like gunmen on Friday near Brewery in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.
According to reports, Akinbami, also called Egor, was shot in the head while riding a motorcycle with his kid.
A reliable source who spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday said, “This incident happened at about 6.30 pm in between the popular Brewery Bust Stop and Olomoore Junction.
“It appears the assailants suspected to be cultists have been on the trail of their target from his house inside the Olomoore Federal Housing Estate.
“They came in tinted Toyota Hilux, and as soon as they caught up with the man who was on a motorcycle with his son, they opened fire on him.”
In a statement provided to reporters on Saturday, SP Omolola Odutola, the state police command spokeswoman, confirmed the killing.
Odutola said, “The Divisional Police Officer of Lafenwa received a report at about 18:40houre that Mutiu Akinbami, a man from Olomore Housing Estate, had been shot near the Brewery.
“According to the caller, the deceased was riding home on a motorcycle when he was shot from behind by one of the masked occupants of an unregistered white tinted glass Hilux.”
According to reports, the Divisional Police Officer promptly sent patrol teams to the scene and took the victim to Ijaiye General Hospital, where a physician pronounced him deceased.
The PPRO added, “Preliminary investigations have indicated that the late Mutiu Akinbami was a well-known member of the Eiye confraternity, who once held the top position at the Federal College of Education Osiele in Abeokuta and had been listed as a wanted person.
“Arrests have been made, and further details will be provided as the investigation continues to unfold.”
Recall that last month, suspected cultists also murdered Adeleke Adeyinka, the All Progressives Congress candidate for councilorship for Abeokuta South Local Government, in Jide Jones, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta.
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