Police Arrest 4 Suspects Over Murder Of Oshiomhole's Aide

Four persons have been arrested by the Edo state Police Command in connection with the murder of Olaitan Oyerinde, Principal Private secretary to the governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, disclosed this on Wednesday in Benin while addressing journalists on the level of preparation of the police ahead of the governorship election holding this weekend.

Oyerinde, the Deputy National Secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was gruesomely murdered in the early hours of Friday, 4 May, 2012, at his Ugbor Road residence in GRA, Benin, southsouth Nigeria. Following his murder, Governor Oshiomhole gave the police 14 days ultimatum to fish out the killers.

“I can confirm to Nigerians that four persons have been arrested over the murder of Olaitan Oyerinde, and investigations are still ongoing,” Abubakar said.

Reacting to Edo state government’s rejection of the police investigation report of the accident involving the convoy of Governor Oshiomhole, Mr. Abubakar said no one was in position to determine the outcome of police investigation. “We were not part of the accident. The police have the constitutional responsibility to conduct investigation. Those who were involved were interrogated, and they made statements to the police. They made the investigation based on the preponderance of evidence. They have given statements to the police, and based on their statement, the police came to the conclusion, and we have said what we said. Whether anybody dismisses it or not, that is not the issue. “The facts available to us as at now inform what we have said. If anybody has anything contrary, he should be able to come forward to defend it. We cannot allow people to sit down and make statement they don’t have fact about. We cannot sit down and take reckless statement. ” We expect Nigerians to be responsible while making statements. If you have evidence to say it was A, B, C or D, you must be ready to prove it. But you cannot make reckless allegation you cannot prove. As far as we are concerned, we stand by that statement until otherwise proven,” he said.