The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Osun State has supported the decision of the Oyo and Osun state governments to reopen the unsolved case of the murder of the former Attorney-General of Nigeria and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, 10 years ago.
He was killed at his Bodija home in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital by unknown gunmen.
Governors Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) and Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) had announced in Ibadan last Wednesday during the 10th Bola Ige Memorial Lecture that the unsolved murder case would be reopened.
In a statement by ACN’s Director of Publicity and Strategy, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, the party’s Acting Chairman, Elder Adebiyi Adelowo, said Nigerians need to know Ige’s killers.
This, he said, would restore the people’s confidence in the ability of the government to provide security.
Adelowo said it is a disgrace to the security and intelligence community of Nigeria that 10 years after Ige’s murder, his assailants are yet to be apprehended.
He said: “No matter how long it takes, we must fish out those criminals and make them face the law. That is the only way to restore confidence in the security and intelligence community of the federation, which appears to be failing to meet the expectations of citizens.”