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Exactly three weeks after the murder of Dipo Dina, a former special adviser on mineral resources to the former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, was found dead in his Badagary home on Monday, a death suspected to be politically motivated.

Ahmed Onipede, was said to be in the pool of his blood when he was found by his relatives this morning.

The report was confirmed by the Lagos State police commissioner, Marvel Akpoyibo, who promised that the police will unravel the shrouded death of the late engineer. Mr. Akpoyibo however, did not disclose any fact about how Mr. Onipede was killed.

However, it was learnt that Mr. Onipede was murdered shortly after he returned from a political meeting he had attended in Badagary. The meeting was said to have lasted into the early hours of Monday.

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Rivers: Gunmen in police uniform kill Gov’s aide Rivers State on Saturday woke to mourn the killing of an aide to Governor Rotimi Amaechi and a former member of the state House of Assembly, Charles Nsiegbe, by unknown gunmen who wore police uniforms. Nsiegbe who until his death was a member of the state‘s Bureau of Public Procurement was reportedly gunned down on Friday night at Tombia Street extension of the Government Reservation Area of Port Harcourt by men who flagged down his car as he travelled in company with some male associates. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Rita Inoma-Abbey, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent said only one gunman in “mobile police uniform,” shot at the former lawmaker. Our correspondent gathered that Nsiegbe, who was an official of the State Security Service before his election into the House of Assembly, was shot severally on the chest and legs immediately he came out of his car and attempted to open the boot. The assassins were also said to have kept shooting at the deceased as they moved towards their waiting car just to make sure he did not survive the attack. But it was disclosed that no shot was fired at the associate whose name could not be determined. According to sources, security agencies in the state were said to be working on the theory of assassination as the gunmen did not remove anything from the car of the man and his associate. Nsiegbe was said to have been quickly rushed by his associate and sympathisers to Teme Clinic in the state capital where he died. The police, our correspondent reported, had moved the victim‘s car to the Rivers State‘s Criminal Investigation Department in Port Harcourt and arrested the associate who was interrogated and detained at the SCID for further investigations. Inoma-Abbey assured that the perpetrators would be arrested and prosecuted to serve as warning to others. She pleaded with members of the public for “prompt and accurate” information that could lead to the arrest of the killer. Amaechi, who expressed shock at the killing, said the incident was sad and very unfortunate. The Governor who spoke through his Acting Chief Press Secretary, Blessing Wikina, stated that the ugly incident happened when the governments to tap from the experiences of committee persons like Nsiegbe, to move the state forward. The governor asked the security agencies to get to the root of the killing, stressing that the death was unexpected at this crucial period when people of the Niger Delta, especially the youths, agreed that they would no longer be involved in criminality, thereby embracing amnesty.
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