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President orders IGP to reopen Bola Ige murder case

Ige was shot dead on December 23 by yet unknown gunmen in his Ibadan, Oyo State home after his security guards took permission to go and eat.

President Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari also instructed Idris to reopen investigations into the assassination of the Deputy National Chairman, South-South, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Aminosari Dokubo, Vanguard reports.

Dokubo was assassinated in Delta State on October 22, 2004 while returning to Abuja after a meeting.

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Meanwhile, Idris is reported to have created a team of specialists to begin investigations into both of the stated cases in compliance with Buhari’s orders.

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