We’re Being Funded By Senate President And Kwara Governor, Murder Suspects Allege

The suspected killers paraded by the Kwara State Police Command in Ilorin last week have said that they were being funded by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed saying that the two of the men ordered them to kill many Kwara State indigenes in Nigeria and abroad.

The suspects, who have been transferred to Abuja for further investigation were said to have made the confessions in their statements to the Police in which they said that they have been on the payroll of the Kwara State Government and Mandate Office of Senator Saraki.

The leader of the killer squad who is said to be the son of Salihu Woru the self-appointed spokesman of Magajis in Ilorin Emirate, admitted that he and other suspects were being paid from the Office of the Senate President, saying that Senate Saraki gave them Toyota Corolla cars a few months ago as a way of securing the loyalty ahead of the 2019 elections.

On the list of people marked for execution before the election, they said, are two men, both named Mustapha; Kayode Oyin, Yinka Aluko, Baba Rex, and one Ogunlowo.

It was gathered that bank statements retrieved from the suspects indicated that they received money on a monthly basis from Senator Saraki and the Kwara State government, and that most of them have healthy bank balances running into millions of naira.

Following their confession, the Senate President and Kwara state governor attempted to pressure the Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mr. Aminu Pai Saleh, using Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Jimoh Mumini, who is said to be very corrupt.

Aminu Pai Saleh was said to have been offered money, which he rejected. Mr. Mumini has been critical of the transfer of the suspects to Abuja, saying that the state government has successfully prosecuted cultists and killers at the State High Court under the penal code.

The Senate President and Kwara state governor may soon be invited by the Police. Both men have accused the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, of planning to frame them for murder.