The police have arrested two persons in connection with the alleged attempted murder of Femi Otedola, Chairman of African Petroleum Plc, and six other persons.
Inspector-General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo who made this known at a news briefing, said the suspects were being interrogated by the police.
Onovo said Otedola and the six other persons were trapped in the lift at the AP Plaza in Lagos on July 25, while on his way to an emergency meeting of the board of the company.
He said some crucial decisions affecting the operations of the company were to be taken at the said meeting.
According to him, Otedola and his team entered an empty lift, but were trapped for more than two hours, saying the timely intervention saved the incident from being tragic.
Onovo said the chairman was ushered into an empty lift with six other members of his team. Soon after they entered the lift, all the seven occupants were trapped for over two hours.
He said the case was initially investigated by the Lagos State Police Command before he directed that it should be taken over by the Force CID, Abuja for discreet investigation.
Onovo said the investigation led to the invitation of three technical elevator engineers, whose report after interrogation indicated that the lift was tampered with.
He appealed to the public to assist the police with useful information that could help the force to unravel the motive behind the attempt on Otedola’s life.
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