Rear Admiral assassinated in Lagos

A Fleet Commander of Western Naval Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli, is dead.

According to our source, Ikoli had left the office, on Tuesday afternoon, after complaining about  not feeling too well. It was further revealed that he had lost weight due to an undisclosed ailment .

Africa Update gathered that lkoli usually expressed worries about the possibility of assassins going after him as a result of his membership in the presidential committee on the probe of arms deal.

Officers who worked under the deceased have expressed shock over his death, insisting that he might have been assassinated.

According to a close aide to the deceased, a boy who lives at his home claimed he heard gunshot from Ikoli’s room and took cover.

He said: “The boy said he heard gunshot and when he did, he took cover. His wife is in Abuja and his children school abroad. His orderly and Naval Assistant (NA) usually go after dropping him.

“The bullet hit him on the chest. Three bullets were seen in his room. No one can really tell what happened but the position he was seen suggests he might have been scared of something or someone.

“He was a nice and intelligent officer. He was the one who spearheaded the renovations at BEECROFT when he was Commander. It’s a sad news really.”

Contacted, the command’s information officer, Lieutenant Commander Chinwe Umar, said the police have been invited for investigation.

She said: “In the early hours of Wednesday, April 5, gunshots were heard in the vicinity where Rear Admiral Teikumo Daniel Ikoli resides in Apapa.

“When his room was opened, he was found dead. Police have been invited and investigation is ongoing. When the situation is clearer, an update would be given

Ikoli, who was Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT , was reportedly found in a pool of his blood.