A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was Principal Security Officer to the wife of the former President, Patience Jonathan, has been killed by unknown assailants.
Igbomie’s corpse was reported to have been found in his Honda Accord car last Friday along the Airport Road, Abuja.
According to reports, Igbomie was killed by assassins who shot him at close range in his car and left the engine running.
A source told Punch that 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.
The deceased was appointed as the PSO to Patience when her husband became the President in 2011.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed the killing of Igbomie.
“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.
Also, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Anjuguri Manzah, said the FCT Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, had ordered an investigation into the incident.
