Ogun announces N50m bounty to arrest killers of director

The Ogun State government on Friday announced N50m reward for information leading to the arrest of the killers of Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi, the former Director of Finance and Administration attached to Governor Dapo Abiodun’s office, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta.

51-year-old Oyekanmi was gunned down on November 29 by suspected armed robbers at Kuto bridge in Abeokuta.

The late director, along with two others, were accosted by the gun-wielding hoodlums while returning to the Governor’s Office with huge sum of money said to have been withdrawn from two major commercial banks in Abeokuta.

The gunmen killed the accountant and made away with the money.

The state government, in a statement on Friday, said that a cash reward of N50 million awaits whoever provides information that could help security agents unravel “this mindless killing.”

The statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government reads, “Ogun State government has announced a reward of fifty (50) million naira for anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of the state’s Director of Finance and Administration (DFA), Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi, on 29th November 2023 in Abeokuta.

“Information provided would be treated with utmost confidentiality.”