MICHAEL AKINOLA
The family of 24-year old Saheed Shoboyejo, who was in February 2025 killed in the Osuke community in Ado Odo /Ota Local Government of Ogun State, has raised an alarm over alleged attempt by a retired Commissioner of Police and a popular Pentecostal Church to truncate justice in the murder of the deceased boy.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that according to the family, the prime suspect, who was arrested in connection with the murder, Elijah Adeogun, has been calling his people and assuring them that he would be released this week.
The Inspector General of Police, Dr Kayode Egbetokun, had directed the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, to transfer the suspect to the Special Investigations Unit in Abuja for further investigations.
Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, while speaking on the arrest of the suspect assured that the Police would ensure proper investigations.
The family wondered why the suspect, Elijah, has not been arraigned in Court despite glaring evidence before the Police at SIU, which even linked a serving female Police Inspector, identified as Janet, to the detained suspect.
Inspector Janet was reportedly invited to Abuja by Policemen from SIU after a recorded voice call between her and the suspect was tracked to the day of the killing.
Representative of the family, Olusoji Jinadu, told newsmen that, “We want to appeal to the Inspector General of Police to come to our aid as the Police at SIU are being pressurized to release the suspect.
“Within two weeks that SIU took over the investigations, they got all they needed to arraign the suspect in court and even told us that they would arraign him in court the following week and that they were waiting to arrest other members of his gang.”
He added, “The SIU sent a team of officers to Lagos and the team visited the scene and even in the process linked a female Police lover of the suspect, Inspector Janet, to the case and therefore, invited her to Abuja for questioning”.
“But again, after investigation had been concluded, another officer, Wakili, came to Lagos with another team and was asking questions from the Onipanu Police Station, where the female lover of the suspect has been serving for many years.”
The family representative also stated, “The suspect has been calling people, telling them that he would be released soon and that he only needed money to : settle’ for his release”.
“He has been boasting that it is a matter of money and that he would soon be released. The Police at Sango Area Command and Zone 2 already had enough evidence to prosecute the matter.”
“We don’t know why SIU, which had already completed investigation on the matter will now start the investigation all over again and asking questions even with the recovery of the body.”
“We want the IGP to call the Police operatives at SIU to order and ensure that the killer of our son is not allowed to go unpunished.”
“We have it on good authority that a retired Commissioner of Police and the church he claimed to be working for, have been running around to ensure his release.”
The family called on the Police to arraign the suspect in court if they can’t arrest other members of his gang, which they had initially claimed was delaying the arraignment in court.