The Nigerian Army 2 Division today paraded six man gang suspected to be responsible for the death of allegedly caused the death of Colonel Anthony Ekor Okeyim, former Commandant, Command Secondary School, Apata Ibadan, ,
The suspects, who were paraded at the 2Division headquarters, Ojoo Ibadan includes Solomon Agbada Emmanuel, 20years; Bibisoye Kehinde (Aka) Efrebor, 27years and Taiwo Adeniyi 34years.
Others are Ewere Andrew 25, Ephraim Obi, 38 and Udobata Onusa (Aka) Kaka 28.
Parading the suspects, Deputy Director, Public Relations, 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Ibadan, Colonel Timothy Antigha in company of the Commander, 2 Division Provost Group, Colonel Abdullahi Ibrahim said the stolen phone Samsung X4 helped greatly in apprehending the killers as the phone was later found in the possession of first suspect.
According to Timothy Antigha, the first suspect, Solomon Emanuel who claimed that he got the phone from the third suspect: Taiwo Adeniyi also confessed stated that on the night of December 11, 2016 he and the other named suspects went to CSS Apata in an ash coloured Toyota camry car belonging to the first suspect
The second suspect also confirmed that the fifth suspect’s car was used for the operation. He also admitted that he was the one who switched off the generator in the deceased officer’s house before the murder.
Investigation also revealed that the third suspect claimed that he was notified of the plot to attack the late senior officer by the second suspect but the fourth suspect stated that he was with the second, third, fifth and sixth suspects during the murder of the late senior officer.
Antigha, said the fifth suspect provided the logistics for operation as his vehicle, an ash coloured Toyata Camry was used to move the gang to and from CSS Apata.
But, the sixth suspect was mentioned by others as being a member of the gang
The Army hierarchy however noted that the suspects and all available evidence that links them to the incident would be handed over to Nigeria Police authorities in Ibadan for further and necessary action
