The Osun State Police Command has declared Nurudeen Alowonle, a factional chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), wanted over the killing of Accord Party chief, Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly often known as Emir, in Ile-Ife.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, announced this on Monday throughout a briefing after parading suspects arrested for numerous crimes on the command’s headquarters in Osogbo.
Mr Zungura mentioned six folks had been arrested in reference to the 13 September killing of Mr Oyeyemi at Mayfair Motor Park, Ile-Ife.
He added that police operatives are working to apprehend Mr Alowonle and one other NURTW determine, Ojo Adeyemii, popularly often known as Sibi in reference to the incident.
According to the police, investigations indicated that the arrested suspects have been allegedly mobilised by the 2 males to hold out the killing.
“Alowonle is declared wanted. The Command is intensifying efforts to apprehend Nurudeen Alowonle, Adeyemi Ojo, aka Sibi, and other suspects currently at large who are alleged to have participated in the heinous crime,” Mr Zungura mentioned
Among these arrested is Hammed Olalekan Dauda, also referred to as Jagaban, whom the police mentioned was discovered with a cut-to-size firearm. The command mentioned Mr Dauda allegedly confessed throughout interrogation that Mr Alowonle gave him the weapon.
“During interrogation, he (Dauda) reportedly confessed that the firearm was given to him by one Nurudeen Alowonle,” he mentioned. “All the suspects were mobilised by Nurudeen Alowonle and Adeyemi Ojo aka Sibi.”
The police additionally arrested Waliyu Adejare, often known as Jay Jay, who was recognized as Mr Alowonle’s private assistant.
The different suspects named by the police are Tijani Ismail, Akinsola Ekundayo, Sijuade Moruf and Ayeni Adegbola. Four of the six arrested suspects are operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps, in response to the police.
Killing triggers Osun park administration system
PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Oyeyemi, an Accord Party chief and political affiliate of Governor Ademola Adeleke, was shot useless at Mayfair Motor Park on 13 September amid a dispute linked to manage of motor parks in Osun.
Following the killing, Mr Adeleke ordered the suspension of NURTW actions throughout the state, directed rival teams to vacate motor parks and instructed safety companies to arrest these allegedly concerned.
The governor additionally introduced plans to reintroduce a Park Management System to manage the administration of parks and garages within the state. He mentioned there can be “no sacred cows” and that anybody discovered culpable can be dropped at justice.
On 5 October, the governor signed the state’s Integrated Transport, Traffic and Park Management System Bill 2026 into legislation after legislative backing by the Osun State House of Assembly.
However, the invoice was characterised by a constitutional dispute between the state authorities and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State.
The get together known as for the withdrawal of the laws, describing it as unconstitutional and unenforceable.
The get together based mostly its objection principally on Section 7(1) of and the Fourth Schedule of the structure, which it argued, meant that the regulation and income assortment related to public motor parks belong to democratically elected native authorities councils, fairly than the state authorities.
But each the Osun State Government and the state lawmakers rejected APC’s arguments. They mentioned the get together misunderstood the constitutional relationship between state governments and native authorities councils.
The House of Assembly argued that the cited Section 7(1) of the structure, whereas guaranteeing the system of democratically elected native authorities councils, additionally gives that state governments shall guarantee their existence below legal guidelines offering for his or her institution, construction, composition, finance and capabilities.
Local governments have been enmeshed in disaster and chaos within the state since 2022 when Governor Adeleke took workplace and sacked native authorities chairmen inheritted from the earlier administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, citing a courtroom order.
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