JUST IN: Influential Senator’s Aide Found Dead With Bullet Wounds

JUST IN: Influential Senator’s Aide Found Dead With Bullet Wounds

  • A tragic incident has transpired, as a report revealed that Mr Adeniyi Sanni, an aide to Ogun State Senator Solomon Adeola, has been murdered
  • It was gathered that Sanni Died due to numerous gunshots hours after he spoke to his wife on the phone while at a police checkpoint
  • Sanni was reported to have called his wife in his last moment, urging her to send his vehicle documents to his phone for the police to assess it

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An emerging report has confirmed the murder of Mr Adeniyi Sanni, an aide to Ogun State Senator Solomon Adeola.

In a report published by Daily Trust, it was gathered that Mr Sanni was murdered in Lagos State, with his corpse found with bullet wounds.

Solomon Adeola, Senate, Adeniyi Sanni
Mr Adeniyi Sanni has been an aide of Senator Solomon Adeola for over two decades. Photo Credit: Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, FCA
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This development was made known by Kayode Odunaro, the media advisor to Senator Adeola, via a statement released on Saturday, August 5.

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As contained in the statement, it was gathered that Sanni died in a very controversial circumstance on Saturday.

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Sanni's last moments before tragic demise

The statement confirmed that police officers stopped Sanni at a checkpoint requesting his particulars.

Sanni, who was not with his particulars, called his wife to send it to his Whatsapp for him to tender it to the police officers.

The statement reads:

“Information available to the bereaved Senator in Abuja indicates that Mr. Sanni was stopped at a checking point around Berger Area of Lagos on his way to his home at Isheri by security agents.
“He was asked to provide the documents of the car he was driving, which he did through his wife who sent all the documents to his phone WhatsApp."

It was later gathered that the lawmaker's aide suddenly went incommunicado after constant communication with the wife.

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His corpse was reportedly found with bullet wounds hours later.

The statement reads:

“It was gathered that the wife called a while later and the late Mr. Sanni told him they are still checking the vehicle’s paper. His apprehensive wife later called on Mr. Sanni’s associates to say he could no longer reach her husband on phone necessitating the mobilization of a search party.
“She was later called by passersby through the Next of Kin phone number on her husband’s driver’s license that the body of Mr. Sanni was dumped around Toyota Bus Stop in Oshodi with gunshot wound.

Meanwhile, Senator Adeola was said to have been busy with the ongoing ministerial screening when the tragic news broke.

Senator Adeola was reported to have been shocked after learning that his aide of over two decades had been murdered.

The Lagos State Police Command is currently investigating the murder.

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In another development, Toyin Adeniji, an aide of a prominent PDP chieftain in Agege area of Lagos, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.

Adeniji, a 47-year-old APC loyalist, was reportedly shot by some suspected cultists in front of his house in the Oyewole area of Agege local government.

Though the police have commenced an investigation into the killing, the PDP loyalist was killed in Lagos, a state considered the stronghold of the APC state and ahead of the election.

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Segun Adeyemi (Current Affairs and Politics Editor) Segun Adeyemi is a journalist with over 9 years of experience as an active field reporter, editor, and editorial manager. He has had stints with Daily Trust newspaper, Daily Nigerian, and News Digest. He currently works as an editor for Legit.ng's current affairs and politics desk. He holds a degree in Mass Communication (Adekunle Ajasin University). He is a certified digital reporter by Reuters, AFP and the co-convener of the annual campus journalism awards. Email: segun.adeyemi@corp.legit.ng.