The Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos State has
apprehended three men for attempting to assassinate a Lagos
socialite and businessman, Mr. Victor Adelakun, aka Ade
Lexus
The suspects were allegedly hired by an Ibadan-based hotelier,
Mr. Adebayo Orekoya, aka Bobby Ibadan, who had been
declared wanted by the Lagos State Police Command. Punch
reports
According to police authorities, Bobby Ibadan hired four men in
Ibadan to do the job and gave them an advance of N140,
000.When the suspects arrived in Lagos on Saturday, they held
a meeting at a night club in Allen Avenue Ikeja, where they
were said to have made plans for the operation.A SARS
informant was said to have eavesdropped on their conversation
and immediately alerted the officer in charge of SARS, SP
Abba Kyari.
When the police searched the suspects, guns were found on
them including a picture of their target.
A police bulletin made available read in part,
“Around 1am on May 10, 2014, information was received
that four assassins were sent from Ibadan by one Adebayo
Orekoya, aka Bobby Ibadan, who lives in Ibadan GRA,
Oyo State.The instruction given to the assassins was to
kill one Ade Victor Adelakun of Ogudu GRA,
Lagos.Consequently, two SARS teams proceeded to the
night club where the suspects were planning their attack.
Three men, Ibrahim Lawal, 27; Yomi Olanrewaju, 25;
and Emmanuel Adewale, 25; were arrested, while their
driver, identified only as Samuel, escaped in a Sienna
Spacebus.
Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed that Bobby
Ibadan sent them to kill Ade Lexus, his former business
partner. N100,000 out of the N140,000 given to the
suspects as mobilisation fee have been recovered as well
as a picture of the victim.”
Our correspondent learnt that SARS detectives were able to
establish contact with Bobby Ibadan using the telephone of one
of the suspects.
Bobby Ibadan, who did not know that SARS had arrested his
boys, was alleged to have said,
“I want that job done today by all means. Go to the night
club where Ade Lexus hangs out and go and kill him
there. If you don’t see him at the night club, go to his
house and get the job done.”
It was learnt that SARS detectives rushed down to Ibadan to
arrest Bobby Ibadan, but he was said to have escaped.
Ade Lexus told reporters at his showroom on Lateef Jakande
Street, Ikeja, that he still did not understand why Bobby Ibadan
would want to terminate his life.He thanked SARS men for the
“incredible work”, insisting he was still alive because of their
efforts.
He said,
“Bobby is not my business associate, He is not my friend
either. A friend of mine in the United Kingdom was the
one that introduced him to me. I have met with Bobby
only on a few occasions.If he had succeeded with the
assassination, no one would have suspected him because
he does not stay in Lagos and we do not chat often. He
told me to lend him money a while ago for a business
project, but I turned him down. Maybe that is what made
him angry.Also, the arrested suspects said Bobby alleged
that I snatched his wife. That is not true; I am a happily
married man with beautiful children.
Anyway, I must thank SARS men for this breakthrough. I
was surprised to receive a call from the SARS
commander that I was the target of an assassination. I did
not know the Nigeria Police worked in such a manner, I
am impressed.”
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the
incident
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