The police said in Abuja on Thursday that two persons suspected to be behind an alleged attempt to kill the Chairman of African Petroleum Plc, Mr. Femi Otedola, and six directors of the company had been arrested.



Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, who disclosed this at a press conference, said the suspects were being interrogated by the police.



Onovo said that Otedola and the six directors were trapped in the lift at the AP Plaza in Lagos on July 25, while on their way to an emergency meeting of the board of the company.



The IG explained that Otedola and his team entered an empty lift, but were trapped for more than two hours.



Onovo, who addressed journalists at the Force headquarters through the Deputy Inspector-General, Force Criminal Investigation, John Ahmadu, said that three elevator engineers that examined the lift to ascertain the possible cause of the incident concluded that it was tampered with.



“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.



He explained that the experts, who inspected the lift, discovered that its safety switch was pressed down, leading to the halting of the facility and trapping of the AP chairman and the others for about two hours.



The suspects, according to the IG, were in charge of the lifts supplied by Otis Lifts Limited, and he gave their names as Celestine Ononobi and Moses Oluremi.



Otedola and the directors were to attend an emergency meeting of the board of AP where crucial decisions affecting the company were to be taken on July 25, 2010 when they were trapped in the lift.



The incident was believed to be in connection with the infighting among the management team, which resulted in the sacking of the managing director and the suspension of an executive director as well as the company secretary.



The case was being handled by the Lagos State Police Command before Onovo directed that it should be taken over by Force CID for diligent investigation.



He stated that the lift was powered by a 625KVA generator at the time of the incident and should not have had any problem, since it was installed barely one year ago and was regularly serviced by technical staff of Otis Lifts Limited.



He IGP said, “The technical experts who examined the lifts after the incident found out that the lift was tampered with because the safety switch was pressed down.



“The moment they depressed the switch, the lift started working again perfectly, indicating that the incident was an act of sabotage and an attempt to murder its occupants.”

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Otedola should should die, after rubbing us with his cronies, in ap, i put my hard earned money after cleaning gutters in Europe and Asia, they turnd back to make us misrable, how can nigeria grow, this what Obj did to Okocha, with SGBank, the news was bad because he didnt die, if he dies is a good news. bull shit does he know how many people that have died for this rubery he pepetrated, while government is watching. to hell with them allm my N3mln is gone in AP.

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easy bro. . .dats nigeria 4 u.

wales:

Otedola should should die, after rubbing us with his cronies, in ap, i put my hard earned money after cleaning gutters in Europe and Asia, they turnd back to make us misrable, how can nigeria grow, this what Obj did to Okocha, with SGBank, the news was bad because he didnt die, if he dies is a good news. bull poo does he know how many people that have died for this rubery he pepetrated, while government is watching. to hell with them allm my N3mln is gone in AP.

Just know that no condition is permanent.

i believe that the two suspects are jut scape goats, (my opinion ooo)

as for the real guy that did the job, they obviously were amateurs, if they wanted to finish the odetola guy, the moment the elevator was stuck, all they had to do, was to release ricin gas for the clowns in the elevator trou a pipe and then lemme see if his money can buy him out of that



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Just know that no condition is permanent.

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who cares really. . . . he can pose in front of a moving train and i will stand there ready to strip him off his 15million naira wristwatch

who spends dat much on a flipping watch. . . inglorious basterds

, This is how the real story goes.


Otedola bribes the IG to get the suspended/sacked directors jailed. The IG in turn arrests 2 fall guys whose job unfortunately it is to maintain those elevators. This is to politely coarse, bin that; torture the two suspects  to write a statement implicating the suspended/sacked directors.
The directors get charged to court for attempted murder.

na today elevators for naija start to breakdown? just because we have the Almighty Otedola in it this time, they are baying for blood.

If d Otedola of a guy is bad dude, den let dem arrange another death for d charf den!  Abi kile feel? se mo harsh ni?

Ranoscky:

If d Otedola of a guy is bad dude, den let dem arrange another death for d charf den!  Abi kile feel? se mo harsh ni?

O harsh at all, but o DANGEROUS ni!!!

@Topic: It is written dat he wont die of elevator, who knows may be is somtin more fatal!
Ole buruku!

The IG's testimony does not prove beyond reasonable doubt that the arrested wanted to murder Otedola.It is to circumstantial.

why do nigerians hate the rich? what wrong has these guys done to deserve these hatred. the fall in AP shares was not Atedola's falt, remember it riped him of his forbes position and do you think he likes it? come on lets come of age here. we all are victim of capital market wahala, including Atedola.
we that are just buying shareholder, do you know what it take to be the selling shareholder like them.
befor you skin me alive, i am not supporting capital market fraud, if any of you think he commited any fraud, why not take him up and make name for yourself and good cash!
for all i care, long live Atedola , long liv AP, long live Zenon.

This Otedola guys comes across as a vindictive SOB. The NP can be made to anything for you for a few bucks.

Those innocent lift technicians should be set free and Otedola go deal with his 'big man' paranoia

Pity, 

What can we say, guess we leave it to fate to decide if he gets away with his swindling!

please forgive my lack of knowledge in such things, but how does activating the safety switch equate to attempting to commit murder , d report didnt say that the lift cables or controls were tampered with , the safety switch was only pressed , couldnt it be dat they were trying to delay the guys on the lift? , just asking a question o

Hmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnn

Lots, lots loooooooots of problems in Nigeria. The masses are angry. lots of people are ignorants, the rich also cry. What can one say of all these complaints about Shares. whose falts. the man that invested all his life and lost his 3mil does not realise he also contributed to the crash of the market. Let him tell us the reason why he invested in shares. Some of them invested to double the investment within a year even 6 months. what business abroard can give such returs. so many other Nigerians reasoned like him and invested heavily and blindly too.

They neglected investment advisory and followed tricks and deceits. it is indeed a sorry case for all of us. I dont think he know how much OTEDOLA too lost in the crash.

Please his death can not change the fortune of the capital Market rather will worsen it as long as he hold his shares, except regulatory body SEC confirms him guilty of fraud.

I am not canvassing for any act of corruption, but lets come to equity with clean hands.

We all caused the crash of the capital market out of ignorance, greed and selfishness.

Its only GOD that can save us all.

those who the gods wish to destroy they first make mad

I have been corrected that it is not the AP Plaza in Abuja but the head office in Lagos.

Sorry for any confusion.

^^^ The incident happened in AP Head Office building on Broad street Lagos not AP Plaza which is in Abuja. AP does not use AP Plaza, it is just a commercial property for let.

Read more about AP 'fraud' saga on www.saveafricanpetroleum.com

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who cares really. . . . he can pose in front of a moving train and i will stand there ready to strip him off his 15million naira wristwatch

who spends dat much on a flipping watch. . . inglorious basterds

lol, lol ,lol

People really hate this guy

Our law are used to protect those who should ordinarily be behind the BARS. What is he doing alive after eating up shareholders money. Ao many armed robbers or Kidnapper have the Police arrested of late they better leave this innocent operator alone and stop protecting those who are feeding fat on AP  investors money. His time will soo be up!!!!!

jokers!

All these losers hating a young, self-made mo'f€£king billionaire. Success always breeds blind hatred fuelled by envy. Worst part is that NONE of these creeps or their fathers would do any better were they in THE Femi's billion-dollar shoes! Let these losers shout themselves hoarse while THE Femi luxuriates in his £18m Knightsbridge Palace, he can't be bothered about a million losers sulking themselves to death.

is this the same guy that gave PDP 1billion naira? chronic debtor. borrow borrow make me rich

How is this attempted murder though

So it took two hours to figure out that a switch was simply pressed down. Do they think they are talking to fools. If the head person in charge does not even know what attempted murder is why are we shocked when lower level policemen shoot people to death over silly things. We can now see how the stupidity starts at the top and trickles downwards. Blind leading the blind

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U make sense die!