Police parade suspected killers of Newswatch editor

By Punch

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday paraded an armed robbery gang, who confessed to have killed a former Assistant Editor of Newswatch newspapers, Mr. Toyin Obadina, in one of their operations.

It would be recalled that PUNCH Metro reported on Monday, February 3, that some gunmen in two Sport Utility Vehicles shot Obadina in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State at about 1am. It had also been reported that 50-year-old Obadina, who hailed from Ogun State, died the following Sunday during a surgery to remove the bullets lodged in his stomach.

According to the police, the six-man gang are Adeshina Festus, Sunday Samuel, Ibrahim Adeokin, Babatunde Makinde while the remaining two- identified simply as Oke and Benjamin- were killed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad detectives during another operation.

Our correspondent learnt that the gang were arrested from their hideout in Ajelogo, Mile 12 area on Thursday, October 17 after information had reached the police.

During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the police that they were responsible for the killing of the owner of a Toyota Salon car with number plate AKD 701 CE.

The gang confessed to have snatched the vehicle at Lucky Fibre area, Ikorodu on Friday, February 1, and abandoned the corpse of the owner at about 1am.

The police thereafter discovered that the victim was Obadina, the Newswatch Assistant Editor.

Our correspondent learnt that two other robbery suspects linked to the gang, identified simply as Olasheu and Omo Alhaja, are still at large.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, while warning criminally minded people to desist from their acts, said, despite the fact that investigations into the murder took months, the police were able to eventually apprehend the suspects.

Police parade suspected killers of Newswatch editor