Speaking with SaharaReporters on Thursday morning, the Oyo State Command Spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso, while responding to an enquiry on the present status of the case, said investigation was ongoing but refused to disclose if anyone had been arrested in connection with the murder case.
The Nigeria Police Force has yet to come out with any findings and fish out the killers of Fatai Olukayode Lawal, who was the Brewery Business Controller at the Nigerian Breweries, Ibadan over two months after being assassinated.
Speaking with SaharaReporters on Thursday morning, the Oyo State Command Spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso, while responding to an enquiry on the present status of the case, said investigation was ongoing but refused to disclose if anyone had been arrested in connection with the murder case.
He said, “Investigation is ongoing. Updates would be provided accordingly, please.”
This is coming amid outrage from residents of the state and associates over the manner in which the Nigerian Police seemed to be handling the investigation of the murder of Lawal.
A friend of the deceased who spoke to SaharaReporters on Thursday morning confirmed that Mr Lawal was assassinated on the 21st of March, 2023 because of his commitment to put an end to incessant corruption going on at the Nigerian Breweries, Ibadan.
It was said that Lawal occupied a position that gave him responsibility for checks and accountability in the company he joined about 20 years ago.
“This man was my friend. He was brutally assassinated on March 21. Story is that he was investigating some shady activities in NBL as that was really his job. Neither the police nor the NBL has showed any appreciable interest in unravelling the murder,” he said.
It was previously stated that Kayode was seen driving on the Airport Road with a few buddies towards the airport late on March 21.
Two motorbike riders double-crossed the party. Before fleeing, one of the two assailants brandished an AK-47 assault weapon and shot the NB chief in the head and chest.
According to an eyewitness testimony in the Kasko region on the road, the incident happened so quickly that no one could respond in time and it took many minutes before he was transported to the nearby hospital where he was confirmed dead.