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How Senator Yayi’s Aide, Sanni, Was Shot, Stabbed In The Chest — Suspects

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The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended three self-confessed murders of late Adeniyi Sanni, a key aide to Senator Solomon Adeola of Ogun West in the National Assembly.

The suspects, who were all ex-convicts, were apprehended in various parts of the South West following what the command head, CP Idowu Owohunwa, characterised as a thorough and diligent investigative set of activities. They were paraded yesterday at Ikeja’s command headquarters.

According to Owohunwa, preliminary investigation revealed that the trio of Okunnu Fred, 43, Lucky Idudu, 33, and Adedigba Segun were not military personnel after all.

Rather, the suspects were shown to be parading as military personnel during the march in order to force their victims to stop when flagged down.

They were said to be members of a trans-national robbery syndicate that specialized in snatching unregistered vehicles from unsuspecting motorists and, thereafter, driving them to their sponsor and gang leader identified simply as Alhaji, who resides in Benin Republic.

Items recovered from them include two Brownie pistols with three rounds of live ammunition in each and a locally-made cut-to-size pistol with six live cartridges as well as six expended cartridges, military gear, comprising a camouflage vest, jungle hat holster, and jungle boots.

In addition, one Red Honda CRV with number plate, EKY 276 JD, said to have been hijacked by a yet-to-be-identified victim was recovered from them.

Method of operation:

The investigation, according to Owohunwa, revealed that “their modus operandi includes stationing one gang member some meters from Berger bus stop to spot unregistered vehicles. The spotter then calls his gang members, who are dressed in military fatigues and stationed somewhere around Berger bus stop to inform them of the approaching vehicle.

“Once they stop their victim, they request the vehicle customs papers, explaining that they would need to clear security and customs checks.

“In this incident, after seeing the papers, they insisted on taking their victim to their base. Once they entered the vehicle, it dawned on Mr. Sanni that they were robbers. He called out for help, which made the robbers shoot him thrice and further stabbed him.

“They dropped his corpse by the roadside and drove to Kuto, Abeokuta, where they cleaned up the blood stains in the rear seats of the vehicle and same night, proceeded with the vehicle to the border town of Chikunda in Kwara State, where the criminal receiver took delivery of the car.

I have other cells operating across the country. Being a transnational crime, the command is involving the Interpol for the apprehension of this criminal receiver and financier.”

How we killed him:

Speaking with journalists, one of the suspects, Fred, an indigene of Lagos State, revealed how Sani was killed.

He said: “I am from Lagos Island. At 11.30 p.m., Segun spotted the car and alerted us. Lucky was putting on a military uniform and cap. He also held a torchlight. We stopped the car and I walked to the other side and asked the man to show me the customs documents.

He started making a call but I didn’t know who exactly he was talking to. He said the document was inside the car.

“He started shouting, asking what else we wanted since he had given us the particulars. He started shouting for help and at the same time, shouting ‘thief’.

“He came out of the car and started running. I fired two bullets from my gun. Lucky also shot at him and the man fell.
“Segun and I pulled him into the back seat and we drove off. Yet, he kept shouting. Segun, who sat with him at the back stabbed him with a knife in the chest. I asked why he did that because the plan was not to kill him. We dropped his body by the road and drove to the border town of Chikunda in Kwara State, from where we called Alhaji.

“He sent someone who passed us through the border into the Benin Republic. We negotiated N3 million for the car, but Alhaji told us to drop the vehicle and leave, with a promise to send money to us the next time we brought another vehicle. But he never made the payment until we were arrested.”

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UPDATE: Kidnappers Of Fouani Company MD, Three Lebanese Demand $1.5m Ransom

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The kidnappers of the Managing Director of Fouani Company, who represents LG and Hisense, and three Lebanese nationals, have demanded a ransom of $1.5 million.

According to a source under anonymity, the kidnappers made contact with the family of the victims and demanded the ransom in exchange for their safe release.

It was earlier reported that the victims were abducted around Falomo Bridge while traveling from Apapa to Victoria Island.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the abduction saying, “Yes, it is true. We got the report and we are looking into it. Please, I’m not obliged to state more than that,” he simply said.

 

More to come…

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iPhone User Sues Apple for £5m After Wife Found Out His Infidelity Despite Deleted Messages

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A British citizen is suing Apple for £5 million, alleging that the company’s silence on messages that have been removed caused his spouse to find out he was unfaithful and file for divorce.

According to The Times, the middle-aged English guy, who wishes to remain anonymous, reportedly erased messages he sent to sex workers on his iPhone, but the family’s iMac computer retained them.

He admitted to The Times that he had become a prostitute during the last years of his marriage and that he would communicate them using the iPhone’s iMessage programme before deleting the messages.

But finally, his wife found the messages on the family’s iMac computer, along with some older ones he thought he had erased.

He told the Times newspaper, “If you are told a message is deleted, you are entitled to believe it’s deleted.

“It’s all quite painful and quite raw still. It was a very brutal way of finding out [for my wife].

“My thoughts are if I had been able to talk to her rationally and she had not had such a brutal realisation of it, I might still be married.”

He argued that Apple’s messaging system is misleading, as it implies that deleted messages are permanently erased, when in fact they can still be retrieved on other linked devices.

He added: “Divorce is an extraordinarily stressful process and you have children and family dynamics.

“In my opinion it’s all because Apple told me my messages were deleted when they weren’t.

“If the message had said, ‘These messages are deleted on this device’, that would have been a clue, or ‘These messages are deleted on this device only’ that would have been even better.”

He is now pursuing legal action against the company for the more than £5 million he lost in his divorce and legal costs, claiming the company does not make it clear to customers that deleted messages can appear on other Apple devices.

The lawyer, Simon Walton, from London law firm Rosenblatt which is representing the businessman in a statement said that “Apple had not been clear with users as to what happens to messages they send and receive and, importantly, delete.

“In many cases, the iPhone informs the user that messages have been deleted but, as we have seen, that isn’t true and is misleading because they are still found on other linked devices — something Apple doesn’t tell its users,” he said.

“I would be eager to hear from other Apple customers who have experienced similar issues,” he added.

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BREAKING: Finidi George Reportedly Quits As Super Eagles Coach

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Finidi George has reportedly quit as coach of the Super Eagles.

This followed the decision of the NFF to appoint a foreign coach to boss him after the national team failed to win 2026 World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Benin.

The 53-year-old coach was appointed new Super Eagles coach in May to succeed the Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro, who left the post after his contract ended in February.

He was an assistant to Peseiro for 20 months.

His demotion meant his year’s contract will be downgraded and his reported monthly salary of 15 Million Naira will be reviewed downwards to five Million Naira.

His handpicked assistants, who he worked with for the recent games against South Africa and Benin, would also not be part of the team as the new foreign coach will come with his own staff.

This past week in a meeting with Sports Minister John Enoh, Finidi said he did not enjoy the support of his employers the NFF.

He also faulted the commitment of the country’s top stars for the crucial World Cup qualifiers this month.

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