A suspect in custody in connection with the murder of Olaitan Oyerinde, the Private Secretary to Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, has reportedly told police interrogators that he was offered N20m for the dirty job.
He said he was paid N200,000 as part payment with which he recruited four others.
Five suspects, including the Executive Director of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor, have been arrested in connection with the murder.
Rev. Ugolor was picked up on Friday by the investigating team from the Force CID in Abuja. His office and residence were ransacked.
He was arrested after the suspect named one “David” as the sponsor of the murder.
Police sources said the suspect identified Rev. Ugolor during an identification parade as the “David” that sponsored the k*lling.
It was gathered that the suspect told police investigators that the deal to k*ll Olaitan was sealed at a restaurant in Benin City and that Rev. Ugolor pointed Olaitan to him at a bureau de change where the late Olaitan had gone for a transaction.
He said they trailed the late Olaitan to a place where he (Olaitan) and Rev. Ugolor had a drink before following him home to carry out the k*lling.
Newsmen gathered that Rev. Ugolor actually took the late Olaitan home the night he was shot and he was the person called by Olaitan’s wife to take him to the hospital after he was shot.
Police sources said Rev. Ugolor and the suspect met face-to-face on Sunday for question and answer.
On his part, Rev. Ugolor is claiming that he is being framed up for the murder of Olaitan.
Recalled that the late Olaitan was murdered on May 4 at his Benin City home by gunmen.
