POLITICAL MURDERS IN NIGERIA.

                            UNRESOLVED POLITICAL MURDERS IN NIGERIA.

 

 Dipo Dina was kidnapped and murdered.
15th July 1960-Monday 25th January, 2010


SOME POLITICAL HIGH PROFILE KILLINGS IN NIGERIA ;
in no chronological order.

DELE GIWA
The murder of the founding editor of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, on October 19, 1986 can be said to have triggered a boom of high profile murders which are yet to be unraveled by the police. The colourful and celebrated journalist died via a parcel bomb.
ALFRED REWANE
Elder statesman and NADECO financier, Pa Alfred Rewane, was murdered at his Ikeja, Lagos home in 1994. The case has been on since with the trial of suspects who pleaded not guilty to the heinous crime. An avowed critic of military dictatorship, Rewane was also a big businessman.
KUDIRAT ABIOLA
Wife of acclaimed winner of Nigeria presidential election held on June 12, 1993, Mrs. Kudirat Abiola was also felled by assassin’s bullets very close to the Lagos-Ibadan Express toll gate in 1994.
Late General Sani Abacha’s boy, Hamzat Al-Mustapha and others are still being tried for the politically motivated murder.
BOLA IGE
Former Governor of Oyo State and later, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige, was also murdered under mysterious circumstances.
That was on December 23, 2001. He was killed at his residence at Ibadan, Oyo State. His family have since given up on the case resigning themselves to fate.
OBI WALI
The seed of murder was sowed in the Niger Delta region of Nigerian when Ikwere, River State born politician of progressive inclination, Dr. Obi Wali, was brutally murdered in his Port Harcourt residence. Although the police questioned his wife back then in the early 90s, the case died just like that.
MARSHAL HARRY
Incidents of politically motivated killings continued in the South-South with the murder of All Nigeria Peoples Party chieftain, Chief Marshal Harry, on March 5, 2003. Like Ige and Rewane, he was killed at home. Nobody is serving any jail term for the crime.
AMINOSARI DIKIBO
The obnoxious wind of death has never stopped blowing in the South as another big politician. Chief Aminasoari Dikibo, was also killed on February 6, 2004. The killers of the PDP National Vice Chairman (South South) were never apprehended, though the police allegedly adopted a face-saving tactics of parading some armed robbers as the suspects.
OGBONNAYA UCHE
It was the turn of South East on February 8, 2003. That was sad day unknown gunmen killed Chief Ogbonnaya Uche, ANPP senatorial candidate for Orlu zone at his Owerri,. Imo State home. His killers are yet to be brought to book.
ANDREW AGOM
A member of PDP Board of Trustees and former boss of Nigeria Airways, Chief Andrew Agom, was also killed on March 4, 2004. Agom was on the entourage of the former Benue State governor, Senator George Akume, when the ugly incident happened.
ALABI OKOJU
Death returned to the South West on May 15, 2005 with the murder of leading financier of Oronmiyan Group, a socio-political organization, Alabi Okoju, at Gbongan by suspected assassins.
IGWE BARNABAS
The Onitsha branch chairman of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Chief Igwe Barnabas, was felled by suspected assassins’ bullets on September 10, 2002. He was killed alongside his wife, Mrs. Abigail Amaka Barnabas.
ODUNAYO OLAGBAJU
Hon. Odunayo Olagbaju was killed on December 21, 2001. Before he was brutally murder by suspected assassins, Olagbaju represented Ile-Ife constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly.
FUNSHO WILLIAMS
Death crept into the Centre of Excellence on July 2006. The victim was Lagos PDP governorship aspirant, Engineer Funsho Williams. He was killed at his Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos home. The police are yet to identify his killers, about four years after.
AYO DARAMOLA
Former World Bank consultant and PDP governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Dr. Ayo Daramola, was also murdered in 2006. The police are still investigating the murder.
GODWIN AGBROKO
The death of chairman, This Day Editorial Board, Mr. Godwin Agboroko, was another challenge to the police. His killers, till date, have not been unmasked.
ABAYOMI OGUNDEJI
Another ThisDay journalist, Mr. Abayomi Ogundeji, was murdered on August 17, 2008. Though the police are alleging armed robbery, those who know better are insisting that his death may have been politically motivated.
BAYO OHU
Another pen pusher and Assistant News Editor of TheGuardian Newspapers, Bayo Ohu, was also killed, leaving law enforcement agencies guessing ‘who dun it’.
BAGAUDA KALTO
Mr. Baganda Kalto of the News magazine was abducted from his room in Durbar Hotel and murdered during the Abacha dictatorship and so far, there are no dues yet as to who did it.
CHARLES NSIEGBE
Again, on November 21, 2009, another politician, this time a political associate of Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Chief Charles Nsiegbe, was wasted in the street of Port Harcourt.
The Nigeria Police are still running from pillar to post to find a clue to the brutal murder that shocked the good people of Rivers State and the nation at large.
DIPO DINA
The circle was upped again on Monday, January 25, 2010, as suspected assassins shot and killed Otunba Dipo Dina. The late politician was the AC governorship candidate in 2007, popularly called DD-Direct, the accountant met his death around Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.
The question, as the police are investigating the death is, who is the next victim?
culled from city people

 Some cases of unresolved political assassinations in Nigeria, 1986-2005.
NAMES DATE LOCATION MODE OUTCOME
Dele Giwa October 19, 1986 Lagos Parcel bomb Unresolved
Babatunde Elegbede May 5, 1994 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Lekan Owolabi March 1995 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Captain Tunde Ashafa June 11, 1995 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Mr. Alfred Rewane October 6, 1995 Lagos Shot Unresolved
David Izegwere December 1995 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Kayode Awosanya January 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Tajudeen Abiola (Mrs.) February 9, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Alhaji Sama Kano April 8, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Admiral Olu Omotehinwa May 22, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Irene Obodo (Mrs.) June 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Alhaja Kudirat Abiola June 4, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Chief Adejola Balogun June 15, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Esther A. Tejuoso (Mrs.) September 19,1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Alhaja Suliat Adedeji November 14, 1996 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Toyin Onagoruwa December 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Engr. Adesoji A. Dina September 1998 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Kola Tokunbo January 31, 1999 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Patrick Okoye January 31, 1999 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Sunday Ugwu September 9, 1999 Enugu Shot Unresolved
Igwe Francis Nwankwo February 15, 2000 Anambra Shot Unresolved
Nicholas Okhuakhua June 2000 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Mohammed Shuaibu September 2000 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Obatou Mumbo October 17, 2000 Onitsha Shot Unresolved
Idowu Braimoh November 5, 2000 Ondo Shot Unresolved
Joseph Osayande December 4, 2000 Benin Shot Unresolved
Chief Layi Balogun December 10, 2000 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Monday Ndor August 19, 2001 Port Harcourt Shot Unresolved
Onyebuchi Ede August 23, 2001 Ebonyi Shot Unresolved
Chibueze Idah August 23, 2001 Ebonyi Shot Unresolved
Ogbonna Odimbaiwe August 23, 2001 Ebonyi Shot Unresolved
Ifeanyi Nnaji August 23, 2001 Ebonyi Shot Unresolved
Odunayo Olagbaju December 20, 2001 Ife Shot Unresolved
Chief Bola Ige December 23, 2001 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Mr. S.A. Awoniyi January 7, 2002 Abuja Stabbed Unresolved
Eyo Eyo April 2002 Calabar Shot Unresolved
Ifeanyi Igbokwe April 18, 2002 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Musa Dayo May 9, 2002 Bauchi Shot Unresolved
Christopher Ogbonna May 26, 2002 Nsukka Shot Unresolved
Maria-Theresa Nsa June 11,2002 Cross River Shot Unresolved
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Chief & Mrs. Barnabas Igwe September 1, 2002 Onitsha Shot Unresolved
Mr. Ogbonnaya Uche February 8, 2003 Owerri Shot Unresolved
E. Emenike February 13, 2003 Imo Shot Unresolved
Theodore Agwatu February 22, 2003 Owerri Shot Unresolved
Emily Omope March 3, 2003 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Marshal Harry March 5, 2003 Abuja Shot Unresolved
Bala Mai-Haice March 17, 2003 Yamal tu Deba Shot Unresolved
Ajibola Olanipekun June 21, 2003 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Aminosoari Dikibo February 6, 2004 Delta Shot Unresolved
Lateef Olaniyan July 16, 2005 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Peter Eboigbe August 11, 2005 Benin Shot Unresolved
Source: Adapted from Igbinovia, P.E (2003); The Criminal In All Of Us: Whose Ox Have We Not Taken,
University of Benin Inaugural Lecture Series 71, p.143

COMMENTARY; This are just some of the over 92 HIGH PROFILE POLITICAL KILLINGS IN NIGERIA FROM 1999-2012, which by stories presented by the govt of Nigeria, they are still being investigated and NOT ONE (1) of 92 has been resolved. TODAY WE ASK , IS THIS DELIBERATE OR A COINCIDENCE

PART ONE ;- 1999-2006
AWAIT PART TWO 2006-2012

REFERENCE LINKS
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/how-rights-abuse-led-to-killings-in-nigeria/

http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2010/02/15/political-killings-and-survival-of-democracy/

http://www.nyidanmark.dk/NR/rdonlyres/A12BB34C-56F3-4745-9977-E6332D1DAAC0/0/Nigeria2005_web2.pdf

http://academicjournals.org/ajpsir/PDF/Pdf2007/May/Igbafe%20and%20Offiong.pdf

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 The Murder Of Olaitan Oyerinde: When Are We Going To Overcome By Bamidele Aturu
 Posted: May 4, 2012 - 14:10 Source SaharaReporters.

I lack words to describe my pain concerning the wicked cold blood murder of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde today in Benin by some agents of darkness. This is certainly too much of a loss for the labour movement and the civil society in general to bear. Olaitan was undoubtedly one of our very best. This is a big tragedy that will be difficult to recover from. He was a thinker and ideologue of the working people and one of the finest socialists that I have ever met.

 He accepted to work for Mr Adam Oshiomhole, the Governor of Edo State, as his Private Secretary based on his internationalist disposition since he hailed from Osun State. I am aware that there have been moves lately by some of the leaders of the NLC to wrest him from Edo State to help rebuild the Congress which has undoubtedly witnessed some leadership crises lately. As a matter of fact he called me to intimate me with the moves and seek my opinion. Now I can only wish that he had left Edo before the wicked assassins and their patrons struck.


Those who masterminded the killing of Olaitan are little minds who were scared of his enormous intellect and organizational acumen, both of which he marshaled in aid of the current Governor of the State. Those who kill men of ideas betray the ignorance that ideas do not die with those who propound or profess them. The ideas cherished and articulated by Olaitan remain indestructible.


The Police and other security agencies must not treat this as one of those unsolvable murders. The IGP and others must get to the root of this unacceptable and callous act of cutting down a truly promising and progressive Nigerian in his bloom for whatever reason. The concern for now is that living in Nigeria has become such a huge risk as law enforcement agents are ever incompetent to apprehend and deal with assassins that are now on the prowl. If we call on the IGP and the Commissioner of Police to resign, they will not heed the call.


Our generation will be failing this country if we do not use Olaitan's painful murder as a basis to retake this country in all sense of that word. We cannot overcome by lamenting. We must act IMMEDIATELY. The ball is in our court. I am willing to join our comrades and compatriots to do anything possible to retake this country. Enough of the nonsense. By Bamidele Aturu.

Political murders in Nigeria will continue if we do nothing about it. The question is who is next? What are we going to do about it? Mr Dipo Dina, Mr Funsho Williams, Chief Ogbe Onokpite and a host of others are murdered in Nigeria. We can no longer afford to keep a blind eye to these atrocities. NIGERIANS AWAKE.