The police in Ogun State have recovered the vehicle of Oluwafemi James, a filling station owner, who was on Sunday killed by a suspected assassin at his filling station in the Ifo area of the state.
The deceased James had reportedly closed for the day’s operation at his filling station on Sunday and was set to go home when gunmen in military uniform invaded the place, killed him and took away his Toyota Camry car.
The bereaved wife of the father of three, including a 10-month- old baby, Omolayo James, confirmed the recovery of the vehicle to the Tribune Online.
The woman said that the vehicle was tracked by policemen to a bush in Obada Oko area of Abeokuta, where it was abandoned by the killer men.
Omolara, while narrating what happened on Sunday, said that she was at home around 11 o’clock in the night, when she received a call from some of her husband’s employees.
The woman said “It was one Mr Gbenga that called me that fateful night that I should immediately come to Ifo and I told him that couldn’t make it because it was late and that I have a baby.
“I was very anxious and when I could not bear it, I quickly rushed to one of our neighbours to follow me but he said that it was too late and could not go with me.
She also stated that “While I was doing all these, nobody told me what happened to my husband, I was kept in the dark until his family members came and the news about his death was broken to me. Since then my children have been asking after their father.”
“It was the following morning I was eventually told that my husband had been assassinated by three assailants who dressed in army uniform. I was told my husband was about to leave the petrol station but he was still talking to some of his staff when the gunmen stormed the place,” she added.
Mrs James also stated that “He attempted to run away but was chased him and started beating him before shooting him in the head.”
“They took his car key and went away with his car but immediately, the security officer at the filling station took the key to the vault in his pocket and emptied it
Efforts to get the reception of the image maker in charge of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi failed as calls to his mobile phone line were not answered.
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