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The homicide suspects arrested by the Kwara State Police Command in Ilorin and transported to Abuja, have reportedly named Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed as their sponsors.
This was contained within the confessional assertion made by the suspects, based on Famzn News.
The suspects reportedly confessed to have been on the payroll of the Kwara State authorities and Mandate Office of Saraki.
One of the suspects and chief of the killer squad, who's the son of Salihu Woru, the spokesman of Magajis in Ilorin Emirate, advised the police that he was positioned on wage Grade Level 16, whereas his colleagues are on Levels 10 to 15.
The suspects additionally stated that they have been being paid from the Office of the Senate President, who allegedly gave them Toyota Corolla vehicles a few months in the past as a manner of securing the loyalty forward of the 2019 elections.
The suspects, of their assertion, reportedly mentioned these marked on their record for execution earlier than the election are: Kayode Oyin, Yinka Aluko, Baba Rex, one Mustapha and one Ogunlowo.
A Police source advised Sahara Reporters that bank statements retrieved from the suspects indicated that they acquired cash on a month-to-month foundation from Saraki and the Kwara State authorities.
According to the report, the Senate President and Ahmed could quickly be invited by the Police.
Saraki had on Wednesday raised an alarm throughout plenary of a plan by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to implicate him utilizing some arrested homicide suspects.