Oyo State Police Command has arrested the Chief Whip, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Wasiu Olafisoye Akinmoyede in connection with the assassination of the senatorial candidate of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Hon Temitope Olatoye, a.k.a Sugar on Saturday March 9 during the governorship election in the state.
Olatoye was a member of the House of Representatives until he was gruesomely murdered.
The suspect, Hon Akinmoyede, representing Lagelu state constituency, was alleged to have had a hand in the killing of Hon Olatoye after casting his vote during the governorship election in Oyo State.
The security agency, it was gathered had written a letter to the state house of assembly that Hon Akinmoyede is currently under investigation.
Tribune Online gathered that the two politicians had been political rivals in Lagelu local government area of the state over the years.
Olatoye represented the constituency in the House of Assembly during 2011-2015 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before moving ahead to represent Lagelu/Akinyele federal constituency in the House of Representatives.
Olatoye at the last election contested for the party’s senatorial ticket but lost to the former senate leader, Teslim Folarin, while Hon Akinmoyede, who currently represents the same constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly had been chairman of the same local government council before.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), of Oyo state Police Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a telephone conversation said he was not aware of the development.
The lawmaker, investigation gathered was suspected in the death of Olatoye to his gang following unrepentant rivalry between the two figures in the constituency.
According to sources, Hon Akinmoyede was arrested on Tuesday night and taken to Abuja for prosecution according to the law.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon Olagunju Ojo in an interview with Tribune Online confirmed that the House was notified through a letter that Hon Akinmoyede is under investigation.
Ojo said “I am not aware that he has been taken to Abuja. I am only aware that he is under investigations but I am not sure if he is in Abuja or not.”
On whether the State House of Assembly received a letter of his arrest or investigation, the Speaker acknowledged receipt of the letter which notified the house that one of his members in under investigation.
“Yes, we received a letter that he is under investigation, I am not aware that he is been taken to Abuja or not,” Ojo stated.
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