The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tamuno Jacob
Igbomie, who was Principal Security Officer to the wife of the former
President, Patience Jonathan, has been shot dead by unknown assailants.
The
former PSO, who was married with two children, was believed to have been killed
by assassins who shot him at close range in his car and left the engine running.
Igbomie’s
who corpse was found in his Honda Accord car last Friday along the Airport
Road, Abuja.
A
source said the body of the DSP was found early in the morning with all his
phones, wallet and other personal effects in tact in the car.
“We
believe Tamuno was killed by hired assassins because they did not take away
anything in his car. His phones and wallets were still with him when his body
was found in the car with the engine steaming.
“He was
shot in the night and his body was found early in the morning; we don’t know if
he was killed over a business transaction or disagreement with someone,” the
source who served with the deceased at the villa stated.
It
was gathered that the deceased, who hailed from Okrika, Bayelsa State, was
serving at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command before he was deployed
to the Presidential Villa as Aide-De-Camp to Patience when her husband
wastheVicePresident.
Findings
indicate that the late policeman had just been redeployed back to his former
position at the FCT Police Command, where he was in charge of posting of junior
officers.
He
was later appointed as the PSO to Patience when her husband became the
President in 2011.
Findings
indicate that the late policeman had just been redeployed back to his former
position at the FCT Police Command, where he was in charge of posting of junior
officers.
The
Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed the killing of the
policeman, noting that investigation had started to unravel the assailants.
“Yes, a
DSP attached to the villa was killed last week Friday, investigation has
started to find out the people behind the murder. No arrest has been made yet,”
he said over the phone on Sunday.
The
FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Anjuguri Manzah, said the FCT Commissioner
of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, had ordered an investigation into the incident.

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