From Yinka Adeniran, Ibadan
Oyo State High Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted the former Chief Whip of the House of Assembly, Mr. Olafisoye Akinmoyede, who represented Lagelu State Constituency in the Eight Assembly over the murder of a federal lawmaker, Mr. Temitope Olatoye, aka Sugar.
Sugar, as he was fondly called, was killed on March 9, 2019 during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections at Alape village, Lalupon in Ibadan where he had gone to cast his vote.
According to sources, Sugar ran into an ambush laid by his assailants, after which he was severely shot, with bullets hitting his left eye, left upper jaw and forehead.
He was confirmed dead at the Intensive Care Unit of the University College Hospital (UCH), where he was rushed to for treatment after the attack.
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Sugar was the chairman, House Committee on Urban Development and Regional Planning.
Sugar was in the House of Assembly from 2011 to 2015, and was elected into the House of Representatives in 2015.
The police, after the incident, had arrested Akinmoyede and three other persons as the mastermind of the killing and took them to the court in a case with suit number I/70c/2019.
But, Akinmoyede, fondly called Lafi, alongside the other three suspects, namely Rafiu Adebayo, Rasheed Oladele and Kazeem Ayinde were all set free yesterday.
Prosecuting counsel Mr. M. A. Ojeah, who represented the commissioner of police, had levelled a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder of Olatoye against Akinmoyede and the three other persons.
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