Assasination Attempt: Ex-Registrar Drags Ede Poly Rector, Others To Court

A former Registrar of Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State, Dr Oladele Ogunleye, has dragged the Rector of the school, Dr John Adekolawole, and two others to court.

The ex-registrar dragged Rotimi Orowole and a police officer, Isaac Omoyele, to court over the allegation that he ( Ogunleye) hired Orowole to kill the rector.

Ogunleye, through his counsel, Mr Kanmi Ajibola, had joined the rector in the lawsuit.

He said he did not have good working relationship with the rector when he was the registrar and that the rector had masterminded how he was framed up and arrested for alleged assassination attempt.

He said, “On July 2nd, 2019, operatives of the defunct Federal SARS led by Isaac Omoyele arrested me over allegations of an attempt to assassinate three people and unlawful possession of a pump-action gun.

“I was taken to SARS unit, Adeniji Adele, Lagos where one Rotimi Orowole who claimed that he was a police informant said I contracted him to kill Dr John Adekolawole; Dr Olofu Adie and Mr Elkanah Aruwajoye but all proved to be false.

“I demanded that Rotimi Orowole should be prosecuted and I called for the involvement of the rector and Omoyele in the false allegation against me.

“Since he was arraigned in court on November 10 2021, the two respondents have been hunting to kill me.”

But the rector, who also
reacted to the allegation said police arrested the former registrar for attempting to kill him and another person.

He said, “The police went to Osogbo to arrest Dr Ogunleye in his house for gun-running and attempted assassination on myself, Director of Medical Service and Director Administration.

“The defunct SARS were investigating it and now that SARS has been disbanded, another unit has taken over, so we are waiting for the outcome of the investigation.

“They are investigating him not me or the others. He is lying, the police are watching him. You can go to Zone IX to find out how far the case has gone.”