By Gabriel Atumeyi
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a full investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate billionaire businessman and former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko.
The IGP also directed the police to immediately look into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of Ossy Bosa, who reportedly raised the alarm over the plot to murder Prince Ned Nwoko while in prison.
According to reports, the IGP reviewed Bosa’s statement in the file, which he allegedly made after coming out of prison, where he alleged that an oil merchant, Gabriel Ogbechie, has a link with the group of persons plotting the assassination of Ned Nwoko.
The IG gave the order for the investigation on Friday, March 12, 2021, after a meeting with Rain Oil Chief Executive, Gabriel Ogbechie and Prince Ned Nwoko.
The meeting, which commenced at 11am at the IG’s office, reportedly lasted for about two hours.
IG Adamu was said to have patiently listened to the two men who hail from Idumuje-Ugboko in Delta State as they provided information needed for the probe.
365Daily reports that on Friday, November 20, 2020, Prince Ned published an open letter to the Inspector General of Police alerting him of a plot to assassinate him and urging urgent investigation into the allegations.
Prince Ned, in the letter, narrated how an inmate at Kuje Correctional Centre overheard some other inmates at night discussing how they were going to carry out his assassination and mentioned in the course of their conversation that their sponsor, who is from Idumuje-Ugboko, is a businessman that owns fuel stations.
He said the inmate then sent a text to alert a member of his church that has a business relationship with Regina Daniels, Prince Ned’s wife, who is a Brand Ambassador to Sapphire Perfumes company owned by the church member. This church member, according to Prince Ned’s Open Letter to the IG, informed Regina Daniels who quickly alerted her husband.
The inmate, Ossy Bosa, he continued, who blew the whistle while in prison, also made various further statements after coming out of prison before he died mysteriously a week later.
He was, however, said to have specifically made statements at the IG’s office and the Department of State Services, DSS, about repeated threats to his life and named the Rain Oil boss as the man he was referring to in the text he sent out while still in prison.
The IG, having listened to the two men, reportedly came to the conclusion that Prince Ned Nwoko’s petition on threat to his life should be fully investigated.
He also upheld his petition on the sudden, mysterious death of Ossy Bosa who had made statements about threats to his life after coming out of prison.