This development was made after the new inspector General of police,IGP, Ibrahim Idris ordered the Special Investigative Team, SI, to investigate the murder case.
It would be recalled that Ige was shot dead on December 23,2001 by unidentified gunmen.
The SIT has promised to get to the root of the matter by providing those behind the scene who sponsored the murder action.
The two suspects confessed in their statements that few days to carry out the action the “Ogas” old them they want to travel to Abuja to get money to sort out the cost of the operation.
According to a source, “In fact, about four days to the date of Bola Ige’s murder, one of the prime suspects traveled to Abuja for funds. Even during the first encounter, the visit to the palace of the Ooni of Ife, where the cap of Bola Ige was removed and thrown away, the prime suspects had returned from Abuja with cash.”
According to the report, information about the money was revealed by one of the suspects because the sharing formula did not favour him.
