Suspected assassins brutally murdered a retired controller of works at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, AbdulRazaq Ajani, moments after returning home with his wife and children from a trip to his hometown, Offa.
According to PREMIUM TIMES, the incident occurred at about 3 p.m. at Dele Gege Street, off Awolowo Road, in the Tanke Area of the Kwara State capital on Wednesday.
Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES at the residence about two hours after the incident, family members described how the assassins, numbering four in their twenties, casually entered Mr Ajani’s compound moments after he drove in with his immediate family members.
However, a review of CCTV camera recordings showed two of them standing beside Mr Ajani’s gate, one of them sipping water from a plastic bottle while the two others strolled into the compound.
On noticing the young men from one of the two sitting rooms on the ground floor of the one-storey main building, the retired officer reportedly rose to meet them at the main door.
“They appeared to be engaging him in a discussion until he was suddenly lying face down on the ground,” said one of the family members, describing what he saw on the CCTV.
The immediate family members reportedly watched in horror as the assassins hacked their father with what looked like small axes.
Their gruesome task accomplished, the assassins swiftly fled the scene before the howling of the family members drew the attention of neighbours.
Meanwhile, upon arrival of Premium Time’s correspondent at the house at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the police had evacuated the body and left
A civil engineer, Mr Ajani retired from the Federal Ministry of Works about four years ago but was said to have accepted a contract appointment at the ministry last year.
However, there is no official statement from the state police command regarding the incident yet.
Source: Premium Times
