BUSTED: SUSPECTED KILLERS OF NEWSWATCH EDITOR PARADED BY POLICE IN LAGOS

The Lagos State Police Command has paraded armed robbers suspected to have killed a former Assistant Editor of Newswatch newspapers, Toyin Obadina. Obadina was shot by a group of armed men in February while returning home after using a Automated Teller Machine (ATM) to withdraw money in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. The victim was said to have eventually died a few days later while having a surgery to remove bullets lodged in his body after the attack. Reports from the Punch, however, indicate that four members of the gang which perpetrated the crime have been paraded after making statements linking them to the offense. According to the police,

members of the six-man gang include 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 a separate operation. The suspects who were apprehended around Ajelogo, Mile 12 area of Lagos, told the police that they killed the owner of a Toyota Salon car with number plate AKD 701 CE on February 1, 2014. According to them, the robbery took place at Lucky Fibre area, Ikorodu. The police reporters that two other members of the gang, Olasheu and Omo Alhaja are still at large. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, later warned criminals to desist from their despicable acts before the long arm of the law catches up with them.