Why we killed Newswatch editor – Robbery suspects

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a robbery gang, which confessed to have killed a former Assistant Editor of the Newswatchnewspapers, Mr. Toyin Obadina, in one of their operations.

(The suspects with recovered ammunition)

During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the police that they were responsible for the killing of the owner of a Toyota Salon car with number plate, AKD 701 CE. The gang confessed to have snatched the vehicle at the Lucky Fibre area, Ikorodu on Friday, February 1, and abandoned the corpse of the owner at about 1am.

The police thereafter discovered that the victim was Obadina, the Newswatch Assistant Editor.

Speaking with Punch on Tuesday, the suspects said Oke, their gang leader, had shot the editor because he (Obadina) ‘struggled’ with the gang over his laptop.

According to the police, four suspects: Adeshina Festus, Sunday Samuel, Ibrahim Adeokin and Babatunde Makinde were arrested in Ajelogo, Mile 12 on Thursday, October 17 following a tip-off, while two others-identified simply as Oke and Benjamin- were killed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad during another operation.