The Oyo State Police Command has said the killing of Fatai Yusuf, a trado-medical practitioner popularly called ‘Oko Oloyun’, was killed after he detected fraud in some account books of his Lagos office.
Olugbenga Fadeyi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said the fraud also led to the suspected fraudsters burning some
He said the murder was likely to cover up the fraud perpetrated at his Lagos office.
“An interesting twist to the story was that the deceased had earlier detected an alleged book keeping records fraud in his Lagos office which subsequently allegedly led to the burning of some financial/book keeping records.
“Some of his staff and two police escorts are being questioned by a team of crack detectives from the homicide section of State Criminal Investigation Department( SCID), Iyaganku, Ibadan, with a view of finding and apprehending the fleeing suspects who committed the heinous act,” Fadeyi said.
Fadeyi said the police in the state were working with other police formations and units to ensure that the directive of the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, to unravel the killers was complied with.
The spokesman also said that the Commissioner of Police,Shina Olukolu, had promised to bring the culprits to justice within the shortest possible time.
‘Oko Oloyun’ was killed on the Eruwa-Igboora Road in the Ibarapa Central area of Oyo State. Members of his escort had exchanged gunfire with the gunmen, who attacked his convoy, but a bullet fell him.