TVC E. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the IGP Ibrahim Idris to unravel the mystery behind the murder of Chiefs Bola Ige and Amiosari Dokubo.
It should be recalled that Bola Ige, a former Oyo state governor between 1979 and 1983 was one of the founding founders of the PDP before he moved to the defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) and finally to the Alliance for Democracy (AD).
The lawyer turned politician was shot dead in his bedroom in Bodija area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital around 9pm on December 23, 2001.
The assailants were said to have shot Bola Ige on the chest.
Following the death of late Bola Ige, several unconfirmed allegations were made against several politicians and interest groups while some even said the ‘Cicero’ was killed to put an end to the rise in his political profile.
Other people alleged he was killed due to the impending probe of the corruption in the power sector of the nation’s economy by while he was minister of power.
On the death of the late PDP chieftain, Chief Aminosari Dokubo, he was reported to have been killed while returning to his base from Abuja.
Dokubo was murdered close to Asaba on October 22, 2004. The death of the late PDP stalwart then was purported to have been as a result of some disagreements with the mafias in the PDP prior to the general elections.
Muyiwa Ige, son of late Chief Bola Ige and a former commissioner said late Sunday, July 17 that it would be glorious if the family could get justice 16 years after the death of his father.
He said President Buhari did not disappoint him, saying the matter was now in the right direction.
He said: “I knew right from the advent of the administration of President Buhari that the matter would be resurrected. The President is in the right direction. To God be the glory. It’s a new day; we are happy, we will get justice after 16 years.
“We are happy that all those who murdered our father, including the star witness, will be brought to justice. It’s good news.”
