6th May, 2013
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja
It is a typical case of a deal gone bad.
The long arms of the law have caught a 29 year old graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Rivers state University of Science and Technology and an indigene of Okecho in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo state, Mr. Adelola Tamunotonye Olaore, who plotted to reap financial dividends from the political squabbles raging between Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state and Senator Aloysius Etok.
Olaore was arrested by operatives of SSS, his mission unaccomplished.
Following media reports about the political feud between the senator and the governor over the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial seat by 2015, Mr. Olaore contacted the senator and introduced himself as “General Africa” an ex militant from Bayelsa state and told the senator that he had been contracted by three of the governor’s loyalists to assassinate him.
To get the embattled senator eat the bait, the self proclaimed assassin offered to furnish the senator with details of the governor’s banks account and energy company in South Africa.
Unknown to the trained Mechanical Engineer, the information that the governor’s men want him assassinated was too much for the rattled senator to bear and he instantly reported the communication to the SSS.
The security operatives after hearing his tale, prevailed on the senator to play along with the “assassin” which eventually led to his apprehension on 29th April.
In a media briefing on the matter at the SSS headquarters in Abuja, the Deputy Director, Public Relations of the SSS, Ms. Marilyn Ogar, stated that Mr. Olaore hatched the phantom assassination plot to fraudulently extort money from the senator by exploiting the perceived rift between him and Governor Akpabio and warned members of the public to be wary of individuals who exploit activities, be it political, religious or economic for criminal ends.
Mr. Olaore will have his day in court soon.