Ogun Govt places ₦50m bounty on killers of Oyekanmi, Finance Director

News Agency Of Nigeria 09:37 - 08 December 2023

Gov Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. [Channels TV]

The Ogun Government has announced a reward of ₦50 million for any information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) attached to Gov Dapo Abiodun’s office, Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi.

The Ogun Government has announced a reward of ₦50 million for any information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) attached to Gov Dapo Abiodun’s office, Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi.

Mr Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary to the State Government, announced the reward in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday. According to the statement, Information provided would be treated with utmost confidentiality.

"Such information can be sent to the under listed telephone numbers:

08037441955, 08033074371, 08081775020, 08034062773, 08032136765.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that suspected armed robbers on November 29 shot dead Oyekanmi, and carted away government funds. Oyekanmi had cashed an undisclosed amount of money from a branch of Fidelity bank in Abeokuta, and was heading back to the office when he was waylaid by the gunmen.

According to source, the gunmen, about five of them, shot the accountant dead at Kuto bridge in Abeokuta and went away with the government’s money. It was gathered that Oyekanmi and other aides who sustained gunshot injuries during the attacks, were rushed to the State General Hospital, Ijaye, where the accountant later died.