Abiodun Alamutu, the outgoing Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, has said his only regret during his tenure as CP is his failure to arrest the killers of Taiwo Oyekanmi, the Ogun Governor’s Office Director of Finance and Accounts, who gunmen murdered on November 29, 2023.
Alamutu retired on Monday after completing 35 years of service. The retiring police commissioner said that he had no clue or new information to lead the investigation to a suspect.
Oyekanmi was on official duty, withdrawing funds for the Ogun State Government, when he was killed. The gunmen blocked him on the NNPC Bridge near Kuto, Abeokuta, shot him and fled with the cash.
Five months after the tragic incident, the state government for which Oyekanmi worked only managed to place a N50 million bounty on the killers. To date, however, the perpetrators remain at large, while his family continues to hope for justice.
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In April, Kehinde Oyekanmi, his widow, told FIJ that her pain remains fresh and that most of the state government’s promises are yet to materialise.
She said that while she and her children were coping with their new reality, they received no support except from relatives, who only sent what they could afford.
Alamutu told journalists on Monday that the lack of information or leads about Oyekanmi’s killers posed a significant challenge. He said the police pursued numerous trails, including some leading to Ibadan, but none yielded results.
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“The only regret I have in this state is that, up till now, we have not been able to arrest the person who shot the finance director. That’s the only regret I have, and it still boils down to what we are saying,” he said.
“There is no information or clue. It took us to so many places, even Ibadan. That is the only regret I have, but God knows that my successor will continue from where we stopped because it is important we get the culprit, and God will assist my successor.”
One of Oyekanmi’s relatives told FIJ that the police were “playing hide and seek”. They had not heard new developments from the murder investigation in months. The family members have expressed concerns about delayed justice.
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