Police vow to fish out Rep Olatoye’s killers
To effect, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu, has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to personally lead the team of investigators to unravel the killers.
The state police commissioner assured the Oyo people that the miscreants, who committed the crime, would be arrested and duly prosecuted. “He was immediately evacuated to University College Hospital, , Ibadan for medical attention, but unfortunately, he died later at the Intensive Care Unit, while receiving treatment. The Police immediately commenced investigation and obtained firsthand information as to the identity of the suspected killers. The scene of incident was immediately cordoned off while the Commissioner of Police directed the Deputy missioner of Police, CID, lyaganku Ibadan to personally lead the team of investigators.
In a statement by his Special Adviser, Communication and Strategy, Mr. Bolaji Tunji yesterday, the governor said he was saddened by the turn of events, which he said was antithetical to the pervading peace in the state. The governor warned that the state government would not allow any individual or group to truncate the had-fought peace and security that the state had enjoyed in the last eight years.
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