Ige’s Murder: How Ehindero Used Corporal To Deceive Nigerians


By Simon Ateba

Controversial Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has revealed how Mr. Sunday Ehindero, immediate past Inspector General of Police, attempted to fool Nigerians by blindfolding a police corporal who he alleged exposed the killers of the late Chief Bola Ige, former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

Addressing journalists in Lagos yesterday, Keyamo said he recognised the hoodlum paraded by Ehindero alongside five other alleged suspected killers of Bola Ige.

He identified the hooded man as a police corporal at the Police Headquarters, Abuja, adding that he knew his name and would disclose this later for the world to know.

Keyamo rejected the fresh disclosure of the police about the identity of those that killed Ige, saying it is unbelievable that an ex-convict could walk into a police station six years after the murder of Ige and claim that he knew the killers and the police believed him just like that.

He said it was a shame that the police believed the story of an ex-convict.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Kehinde Enifeni, wife of Moshood Enifeni, the suspected drug baron the police claimed to have masterminded the killing of Ige from prison, has described the trauma she faced when she saw her husband paraded on television.

Kehinde, in an exclusive interview yesterday with P.M.News in Lagos, described as irresponsible the last act of Ehindero as the police IG by parading her husband as the mastermind of Bola Ige’s death.

“My husband and myself have been married for 24 years and we have four children. Since he was paraded as the killer of Bola Ige, I stopped going to shop and my children would no longer sleep and study in peace.

“My husband is the breadwinner of the family and his prolonged detention is traumatic,” she said.

Kehinde in tears, further explained that her husband was innocent, adding that he cannot even kill a fly.

“My husband does not know anything about Bola Ige’s death. He has never killed anybody in his life. They just want to set him up. It’s obvious to all Nigerians that he is not the killer of Bola Ige. Because we don’t have money, they just thought they can accuse us wrongly,” she said.

She further explained that her husband had faced drug charges before, and after pleading guilty, he was released. He never had any criminal record, either before or after the drug issue.

A family friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confined that Moshood Enifeni did not kill Bola Ige.

She said that he is a very calm and patient man who does not go to bars or clubs.

“He is a very good person. His wife is my friend and I have known Moshood for many years,” she said.

The families of the other suspects Ehindero paraded last week, have equally carpeted the former police boss, describing him as a liar since their relatives that were paraded had nothing to do with Ige’s murder in 2001.