Police Arrest Suspected Killer Of Oyo House Of Rep Member, Temitope ‘Sugar’ Olatoye
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Leye
Oyebade and the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Shina Olukolu, have
revealed that one person has been arrested in connection with the
killing of a member representing Akinyele/Lagelu in the House of
Representatives, Hon. Temitope ‘Sugar’ Olatoye.
While addressing journalists on Monday, they claimed that about 18
persons were arrested in connection with various criminal activities
while, six guns, nine live cartridges, axe and knives were recovered
from the suspects.
The duo, who revealed that the police got enough facts and evidences
that led to the arrest of the suspected killer of the lawmaker, said
that the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department
(SCIID) had been carrying out investigations on the matter.
Oyebade said, “We have got a suspect but we can’t reveal all the
details. I was at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan with the
Oyo State Commissioner of Police on Saturday. The Chief Medical
Director of the UCH was also with us. “From that point, we picked up the
investigation. I want to assure members of the public that the IGP’s
mandate is that no stone should be left unturned in unravelling the
cause of the incident. But the incident is not directly connected with
the elections, going by the venue of the incident and the information we
gathered of what happened prior to the incident”.
Olukolu said that he got the information about the attack on Olatoye
by unknown assailants from the Divisional Police Officer at Iyana Offa
while monitoring the governorship and state House of Assembly elections
on Saturday.
He said, “I learnt that Sugar was ambushed and, in the process,
sustained gunshot injuries in the head. He was immediately evacuated to
the UCH for medical attention, but, unfortunately, he died at the
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital while receiving treatment.”
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