Buhari orders IGP to re-open Ige, Dokubo unresolved murder cases
Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:59:am National
2.1K By Buchi Obichie
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, was on Sunday ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari, to reopen the investigation into the unresolved murders of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, and ex-Deputy National Chairman, South-South, of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Aminosari Dokubo.
President Buhari ordered IGP Idris to fish out the culprits.
The killing of the two personalities caused national outrage at that time, with Nigerians calling on the Obasanjo-Government to fish out the killers who have still not been found.
Chief Bola Ige's murder occurred at 9pm, December 23, 2001, when the former AGF was shot dead in his bedroom in his home in Bodija, Ibadan, upon his arrival from Lagos.
Before the incident occurred, Ige's security details were said to have sought his permission, to go and eat.
The gunmen, who were said to have been waiting in the vicinity, then stormed the house and tied up family members.
One of the gunmen reportedly pointed a gun at a family member and asked him to lead them upstairs to Chief Bola Ige's room. They allegedly moved the wife and his son to an adjourning room, locked them up before shooting their target in the chest.
In a bid to crack the case and unearth the perpetrators of the murders, Acting IGP Idris, has reportedly instituted a high powered investigation team, headed by an Assistant Inspector General of Police.
There were various speculations following Ige's death; with some saying the former AGF was killed to stop his political rise, and others speculating that he was murdered to halt his impending corruption probe of the power sector.
On the part of Chief Aminosari Dokubo, the late PDP Deputy National Chairman was said to be returning to his base from Abuja after a meeting when he was waylaid by suspected assassins on entering Delta State. He was killed near Asaba on October 22, 2004.
There were allegations at the time, that Dokubo was assassinated over certain disagreements with the powers that be in his political party, prior to the general elections.
The family of the late Bola Ige have reacted happily to the development.
Speaking on behalf of the Ige family, Architect Muyiwa Ige, son of the late AGF, said Buhari did not disaapoint them, and that it would be glorious if 16years after the murder, the family could finally get justice.
He said: "I knew right from the advent of the administration of President Buhari that the matter would be resurrected. The President is in the right direction. To God be the glory. It's a new day; we are happy, we will get justice after 16 years.
"We are happy that all those who murdered our father, including the star witness, will be brought to justice. It's good news."
President Buhari ordered IGP Idris to fish out the culprits.
The killing of the two personalities caused national outrage at that time, with Nigerians calling on the Obasanjo-Government to fish out the killers who have still not been found.
Chief Bola Ige's murder occurred at 9pm, December 23, 2001, when the former AGF was shot dead in his bedroom in his home in Bodija, Ibadan, upon his arrival from Lagos.
Before the incident occurred, Ige's security details were said to have sought his permission, to go and eat.
The gunmen, who were said to have been waiting in the vicinity, then stormed the house and tied up family members.
One of the gunmen reportedly pointed a gun at a family member and asked him to lead them upstairs to Chief Bola Ige's room. They allegedly moved the wife and his son to an adjourning room, locked them up before shooting their target in the chest.
In a bid to crack the case and unearth the perpetrators of the murders, Acting IGP Idris, has reportedly instituted a high powered investigation team, headed by an Assistant Inspector General of Police.
There were various speculations following Ige's death; with some saying the former AGF was killed to stop his political rise, and others speculating that he was murdered to halt his impending corruption probe of the power sector.
On the part of Chief Aminosari Dokubo, the late PDP Deputy National Chairman was said to be returning to his base from Abuja after a meeting when he was waylaid by suspected assassins on entering Delta State. He was killed near Asaba on October 22, 2004.
There were allegations at the time, that Dokubo was assassinated over certain disagreements with the powers that be in his political party, prior to the general elections.
The family of the late Bola Ige have reacted happily to the development.
Speaking on behalf of the Ige family, Architect Muyiwa Ige, son of the late AGF, said Buhari did not disaapoint them, and that it would be glorious if 16years after the murder, the family could finally get justice.
He said: "I knew right from the advent of the administration of President Buhari that the matter would be resurrected. The President is in the right direction. To God be the glory. It's a new day; we are happy, we will get justice after 16 years.
"We are happy that all those who murdered our father, including the star witness, will be brought to justice. It's good news."
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