K*llers Of Billionaire Business Mogul, Chief Odunukwe Docked

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Three suspects, who allegedly conspired and murdered billionaire business man and CEO of Firman Generator, Late Chief Ignatius Odunukwe, have been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court in Lagos on three count charges of conspiracy, murder and kidnapping.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects were charged before the Court on 9th July, 2020, by operatives of Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos and was remanded in correctional centre.

The Zonal Police Public Relations Officer of Zone-2 Onikan Lagos, DSP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, narrated how Odunukwe, 60, was lured to Artican Beach Resort in Ajah area of Lagos on December 1, 2019, by the leader of the gang, Daniel Bob Ibeaji (42), whose aim for the dastardly act was to fraudulently convert the unsuspecting victim’s N900m property in Abuja to his own. 
The prime suspect, Ibeaji who claimed to be a medical doctor, had overtime convinced the victim into believing that he was interested in the property and the late Odunukwe swallowed it, line, hook and sinker and was excitement that he had succeeded in getting a serious buyer for the property.

The suspects were paraded at the spot the remains of the victim was dumped and recovered, they confessed and stated clearly that one of them, Israel Obigaremu, 35, was just an Uber driver who knew nothing about their evil plan and since has been exonerated in accordance with Director of Public Prosecutors (DPP).

According to the Police boss, AIG Ahmed Iliyasu stated that Odunukwe, having been tricked into believing he was dealing with a potential buyer of the said property, and thought he would be N900m richer on that day that turned to be his last on the earth, went alone to the place and regrettably, never made it back, a development that threw his family members into confusion and sought the intervention of the Police.

“The family members, in a petition to my office as the AIG in-charge of Zone 2, narrated their trauma since the sudden disappearance of their loved one. On this note, I summoned the tactical Commander  and directed him to go after the victim’s abductors, ensure their arrests as well as to rescue the victim alive. 

Meanwhile, the victim had been killed, even before investigation commenced. It was the same day, December 1, that he was declared missing that they killed him in a most horrifying and cruel manner. He was strangled and injected with a poisonous and lethal substance in a hotel room in Ajah area of Lagos State”, Iliyasu stated.

However, according to the AIG, “Investigation revealed that Daniel Bob Ibeaji had been living on ill-gotten money through this means for some time now. Two incidents that have been established against him were that of a civil Commissioner in Bayelsa State, where one Honourable Depologa was murdered and his remains found along Abuja Expressway. This happened a week after his encounter with the victim at Ibeto Hotel, Abuja. During their discussion he (Ibeaji) offered to give the victim N220m for a block of flat at Durumi, Abuja.”The second victim was one Jude Efulue, a property developer in Abuja. Efulue also swamped into Bob’s net and was held captive in an apartment, and forced him to sign a prepared document transferring the ownership of the victim’s property to him. He also discovered that the victim had N9m in his account. But with the help of neighbours who called the police, Bob and his cohorts were apprehended and charged to Court accordingly. It was in Kuje Prison, where Cletus was also serving a jail term that he and Bob met and had to reunite on leaving the prison to execute this dastardly act”, Iliyasu stated. 
He also warned that, “For those of you criminals, note that these suspects never anticipated to be caught. Here they are today. I am sounding this clear warning to those criminals out there that Zone 2 Command, comprising Lagos and Ogun states, has no space for hoodlums to incubate and hibernate. The atmosphere will never be conducive for them. This is achievable with your assistance of providing useful information to the police, as policing is everybody’s business”.

Exhibits recovered from the suspects were, according to Iliyasu: one medical identity card, an axe, remains of the victim, three AK47 rifles, one Pump Action gun, one Ford SUV (belonging to the victim, the victim’s house documents, a Toyota Corolla and a Nissan Saloon Car (both Uber, three Techno, four Nokia, two Samsung and one Bontel phones.

The Presiding Officer at Magistrate Court 3, Chief Magistrate Komolafe, ordered the remand of the suspects at Correctional Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos and adjourned the further hearing till August 10, 2020.