How Ogun Senator, Solomon Adeola’s Close Aide, Adeniyi Sanni Was Murdered In Lagos

Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, an aide of Ogun state Senator, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (popularly called Yayi) has been was yesterday shot dead in Lagos.  Reports said he was killed by yet to be identified persons in the early hours of Saturday. His last moment was when he was stopped at a checkpoint where he was questioned about documents of the vehicle he was driving. He went silent afterwards and was later found with bullet wounds.

Announcing Sanni's death. Media Adviser to Senator Adeola, Chief Kayode Odunaro said in a statement; “Information available to the bereaved Senator in Abuja indicates that Mr. Sanni was stopped at a checking point around Berger Area of Lagos on his way to his home at Isheri by security agents. He was asked to provide the documents of the car he was driving, which he did through his wife who sent all the documents to his phone WhatsApp. It was gathered that the wife called a while later and the late Mr. Sanni told him they are still checking the vehicle’s paper. His apprehensive wife later called on Mr. Sanni’s associates to say she could no longer reach her husband on phone necessitating the mobilization of a search party.”

“She was later called by passersby through the Next of Kin phone number on her husband’s driver’s license that the body of Mr. Sanni was dumped around Toyota Bus Stop in Oshodi with gunshot wound.

The late Sanni was a close aide of the former Lagos Senator who is now representing Ogun West for over two decades.

The police are investigating the killing.