Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers, on Friday afternoon, shot dead the driver of the wife of former governor of Oyo State, Chief (Mrs) Kemi Alao-Akala, Alhaji Aladi Ajikobi, around Bodija GRA, Ibadan.
Ajikobi was shot by suspected armed robbers while returning from the bank where he had gone to cash some unspecified amount of money. Ajikobi was said to have been shot around the Bodija area of Ibadan.
A media assistant to the former governor, Ademola Adeniyi, who confirmed the incident, however, denied any assassination attempt regarding the incident.
He said “it was purely an armed robbery case. The robbers had trailed the driver who was coming from the bank. Her Excellency was not in the car but nothing sinister was suspected.”
According to him, “The driver was coming from the bank and was almost getting to his destination before the robbers attacked him.”
Adeniyi further disclosed that the matter had been taken over by the police, saying the police had commenced investigation into the incident.
Olabisi Clet-Ilobanafor, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident, said that the deceased was shot and killed on his way from the bank.
“It is true we learnt that he went to a bank to collect some money. A man stopped him and had some discussion with him on his way back.
“Later, two men on a bike shot him and collected the money. We are on the trail of that man that stopped him. We have already begun investigation into the matter,” she said.
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