Alleged murder: Son of ex-SDP guber candidate demands probe

By Evelyn Usman

The eldest lad of the precocious erstwhile Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship campaigner successful Ondo State, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, Samuel, has demanded a thorough probe into his father’s death, describing the circumstances arsenic “shocking and inexplicable.”

Samuel, who said helium saw his begetter a time earlier his passing, explained that helium opened a lawsuit due to the fact that helium failed to get the wide mentation for what happened.

“I saw him the time before. So, it is precise shocking to spot this happen. That is wherefore I opened the lawsuit to find retired however helium died, due to the fact that I wasn’t getting immoderate explanation. It has been precise tough, and I conscionable privation to bash my champion to recognize however helium died. There has to beryllium an explanation, and that mentation is what we are looking guardant to,” helium said.

His telephone for answers followed the circulation of a disturbing photograph of Akingboye’s body, showing bruises connected his head, which fueled suspicion that his decease whitethorn not person been natural. Initial reports had stated that helium died softly astatine location successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

An overseas-based investigator, Olujimi Lijoka, successful a viral video, alleged that N205 cardinal was suspiciously moved from the precocious politician’s relationship hours aft his death, dispersed crossed 3 antithetic accounts. He urged the Ikale assemblage to emergence and request justness for the precocious politician.

There were besides unconfirmed reports that Akingboye, fondly called OBA, whitethorn person sustained injuries during a home quarrel. However, his daughter, Michaella, dismissed specified speculations, urging Nigerians to beryllium cautious.

“I impulse the nationalist to debunk everything that has been posted connected blogs and societal media. Everything is not the truth. We judge the constabulary are carrying retired their probe diligently, and the information volition surely travel to light. The full household stands with the police,” she stated.

Detectives from the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, visited the precocious politician’s Victoria Garden City, Ajah residence. Five home unit were reportedly taken successful for questioning.

, portion carnal and biologic grounds was collected from the scene.

Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Olohundare Moshood, assured the household and nationalist that nary effort would beryllium spared successful unraveling the origin of Akingboye’s death. “He was said to beryllium hale and hearty, and his assemblage was recovered successful his compound.

“This was idiosyncratic who slept with his household successful his house. All of this needs to beryllium investigated. We volition not permission immoderate chromatic unturned to guarantee the origin of his decease is unraveled. And wherever determination is immoderate tenable suspicion, we volition guarantee those progressive are apprehended,” Moshood declared.

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