We now know why the former security aide of former first
lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP
Tamuno Igbomie was last weekend murdered in Abuja.
Security
sources who spoke to LEADERSHIP on the unfortunate incident which
occurred along the Airport Road said the killing was not unconnected
with his role as the former first lady’s aide.
DSP Igbomie, a
former principal security officer to the then first lady, was shot death
and his body found in his Honda Accord car last Friday with his vital
documents, including phones, wallet and other personal effects, ruling
out armed robbery as motive for the killing.
The security source
told LEADERSHIP that the former aide was a very close alley to the
former first lady and must have stepped on several toes in the discharge
of his duties.
According to him, DSP Igbomie, an indigene of
Okrika in Rivers State, was a very influential player during the days of
the political campaigning for the last election and must have incurred
the wrath of many people who crossed the part of the first lady.
“The
killing cannot be unconnected with his previous appointment as the PSO
to our former president wife. They have started killing people who knew
about their dirty deals. It shows that more people close to the former
president should watch their backs. Those people act like mafia and they
will go to any length to have their way, he said.
Another source
averred that Igbomie may have been engaged in some deals while acting
as security aide and the people may have come for a payback. He called
on the police to investigate all angles to the incident and ensure that
the culprits are brought to book.
“Jacob might know something
that could implicate some persons at the probe panel that i about to be
constituted. He might have picked up some implicating evidence against
some powerful people when he was very close to power. He could have done
some deals with them which they feel might implicate them.
The
source averred that the killers could have come from Rivers State where
he said, the former first lady played a major role with the crisis that
erupted in the state during the last general election.
“All the
killings that went on in Rivers State by evil men in their desperation
for powers may not go unpunished. All those responsible for the killing
of innocent people during the election all because of politics will
definitely be punished,” the source said.
The former PSO, who was
married with two children, was believed to have been killed by
assassins who shot him at pointblank range in his car and left the
engine running.
LEADERSHIP learnt that the late policeman had
just been redeployed back to his former position at the FCT Police
Command, where he was in charge of posting of junior officers.
Force
spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed the killing of the policeman and
disclosed that investigation had commenced to unravel the assailants.
“Yes,
a DSP attached to the villa was killed last week Friday, investigation
has started to find out the people behind the murder. No arrest has been
made yet,” Ojukwu as quoted yesterday.
FCT Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, had ordered an investigation into the tragic incident.