Obasanjo didn’t order Ige, Marshall’s killings – Fasawe

A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Oyewole Fasawe, on Sunday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo had no killer squad while he was in office.

Fasawe, who stated this in an email, said Obasanjo had no hand in the unresolved murder of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige,  and a former national chairman of the All Peoples Party, Chief Harry Marshall.

In the  email, Fasawe said  Odusanya was his “errand boy”, who had no knowledge or insight into the working of government during the era of Obasanjo.

Now who is giving tales and who is telling the truth?

Fasawe was reacting to allegation by one Mr. Richard Odusanya, who claimed to be a former associate of Obasanjo

Fasawe said  Obasanjo had never met Odusanya.

Obasanjo had a killer squad as president — Former associate

A former associate of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Richard Odusanya, on Saturday alleged that the former chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees was in charge of a killer squad that was formed under the military regime of late Gen. Sani Abacha.

Olusegun Obasanjo

Odusanya reportedly worked behind the scenes when Obasanjo was in power.

In a live interview, with an online news portal, Sahara Reporters, Odusanya  alleged that the former President lodged the killer squad at a State Security Service headquarters, known as ‘Yellow House.’

According to Odusanya, the squad was used for political assassinations and was responsible for the unresolved killings of politicians under Obasanjo’s administration.

He further alleged that Obasanjo knew about the murder of the former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige, and a South-South politician, Chief Harry Marshall.

Most of us, Nigerians would readily agree to these allegations and rightly so.