Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Police in Ogun State have asked Fidelity Bank Plc to provide the CCTV footage of armed robbers who killed one Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi, a Director attached to the State Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The armed robbers on Wednesday shot Oyekanmi dead on NNPC Bridge shorty after withdrawing money from the bank located in Abeokuta to make preparation for Thursday’s budget presentation by Governor Dapo Abiodun
He was said to have been rushed to the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta where he was pronounced dead
The Commissioner of Police, CP, Abiodun Alamutu, while reacting to the incident, said the command had demanded the CCTV footage of robbers behind the death of the director and they would be brought to book when found.
Alamutu said that he had directed the area commander to meet with the management of Fidelity bank to provide the CCTV footage of the culprits so as to give the police insight into the vehicle used by the robbers to perpetrate their evil acts and also identify them.
He wondered why the late director would go and withdraw such huge amount of money home made bullion van without any escort from the police command even do the person that supposed to escort him and his team with other police officials were not present.
The CP said that they were accosted by five man robbery gang on their way from the bank who shot the director to death and used a sledge hammer to force the receptacle where the money was kept open and went away with the money.
Alamutu said ” this afternoon, the accountant, the director of finance with driver and one other person left for Fidelity bank to make some withdrawal, they went with an 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 to 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 sledge hammer 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 driver claimed to have trailed them to a point along conference hotel where he lost contact with them.
“The director that 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 for the CCTV footage which will give us insight into the vehicle in question and 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.” he added.
Two top civil servants at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta who spoke to our correspondent under the condition of anonymity, aslo confirmed the incident, saying that the incident has thrown the secretariat into mourning mood