Lagos Police Command parades suspected killers of Newswatch editor

An armed robbery gang which confessed to have killed a former Assistant Editor of Newswatch newspaper, Toyin Obadina, during one of their operations was on Tuesday paraded by the Lagos State Police Command. The police gave the names of members of the six-man gang as Adeshina Festus, Sunday Samuel, Ibrahim Adeokin, Babatunde Makinde, while the remaining two, simply identified as Oke and Benjamin, were killed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad detectives during another operation. It was gathered that the gang members were arrested from their hideout in Ajelogo, Mile 12 area of the state on Thursday, October 17 following a tip-off. The suspects were said to have confessed to the police during interrogations that they masterminded the killing of the owner of a Toyota Salon car with number plate AKD 701 CE. They confessed to have snatched the vehicle at Lucky Fibre area, Ikorodu on Friday, February 1, and abandoned the corpse of the owner at about 1 am. The police thereafter got to know that the victim was Obadina, the Newswatch Assistant Editor.