…Director of Finance and Administration shot on two thighs, private part
…Inspector arrested for interrogation
Juliana Francis
Some suspected bank robbers on Wednesday 29th of November afternoon attacked a bullion van loaded with money from Fidelity and Sterling banks in Ogun State and shot the Director of Finance and Administration, Ogun State government, on his two thighs and under his private part.
It was gathered that the money, cash of N97.335 million collected from Fidelity Bank Abeokuta and N15 million collected from Sterling Bank Abeokuta, were being conveyed to the governor’s office in Oke Mosan.
The attack was carried out by five men, who were armed to the teeth with AK47 rifles in Silver Coloured Toyota Corolla Car.
The attack is believed to have been targeted because the armed robbers asked the driver questions about the guns they were supposed to convey along with the money and the whereabouts of the Director of Finance and Administration.
They shot at the car door carrying the said director and then shot at his two thighs and under his private part.
Detectives from Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Inspector Rasheed Adegbiti, attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU), who was supposed to be with the bullion van, but travelled without permission to Igbo-Ora in Oyo State.
A Police source said: “ On 29th of November 2023, armed robbers at about 3:10 PM, on top of the Flyover Kuti Bridge, armed robbery incident occurred involving a mini bullion van with registration number, Pilot 13, attached to the Office of the Director of Finance and Administration, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
“The bullion van without police escorts was conveying the Director of Finance Governor’s Office, Mr Taiwo Oyekan, the driver Mr Olalekan Akintoye and Mr Peter Samson.
“The said bullion van was conveying cash of N97.335 million collected from Fidelity Bank Abeokuta and N15 million collected from Sterling Bank Abeokuta.
“We learned that while the said bullion van was heading to Governor’s Office, Oke Mosan, the bullion van was double-crossed on top of the Fly-Over Bridge, Kuto by five armed men armed with AK-47 rifles in a Toyota Corolla, silver colour, with registration yet unknown.
“The armed robbers asked the driver the whereabouts of the guns in the vehicle and the Director of Finance and Administration, the armed robbers shot at the vehicle’s front door.
“The said Director of Finance and Administration sustained bullet wounds on his two thighs and under his private part.
“The armed robbers went away with the said money, while the driver and the other occupant sustained no injury.
“The police inspector Rasheed Adegbiti attached to SPU, who was supposed to be with the bullion van but travelled without permission to Igbo-Ora in Oyo State on the 28th of November 2023, was arrested for interrogation.”
