Sixteen years after the gruesome assassination of the former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, The Democratic Movement (TDM), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris to immediately re-open the murder case of the late legal icon.
The group said individuals and groups across the world will continue to demand for justice from the government of Nigeria until the culprits are brought to book.
In a statement signed by its Coordinator, Aderemi Adebisi, the group condemned security agencies, especially the police on how it carried out previous investigations and eventually bungled the case without bringing to book any culprit.
“In the annals of Nigeria’s history, the unsolved murder of Chief Bola Ige will continue to be a recurrent decimal until perpetrators of the heinous act are brought to book. That is why we are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the Inspector General of Police to re-open the case file.
“The perpetrators of the dastardly act are human beings and not ghosts. What is needed is for the President to instruct the Inspector General of the Police to re-open the case and carry out thorough investigation this time to fish out the real culprits.”
The group also called on the Osun state House of Assembly to tender ‘unreserved apology’ to Muyiwa Ige for issuing unjustifiable ‘Warrant for Arrest’ on him.
TDM accused the lawmakers of embarking on a cheap blackmail to tarnish the good name Muyiwa Ige has built for himself over the years.
“One wonders how a State House of Assembly would descend so low to the extent of issuing ‘warrant for arrest’ on an individual who was never invited in the first place to appear before the committee of the House. The action of the House to us is hypocritical and attempts to smear the good name Iges are known for.”
Speaking further, the group described the action of the lawmakers as very shameful and one deliberately intended to rubbish the good integrity of Muyiwa Ige.
“In as much as we are not against the House for discharging its constitutional functions; we are appalled by the way and manner in which the House issued ‘warrant for arrest’ on Muyiwa Ige who never received a prior invitation to appear before the House committee. No responsible House of Assembly anywhere in the world carries out it functions in this archaic way,” they said.
