Who killed the attorney general?
The murder of Ajibola James Ige, Nigeria’s attorney general and minister for justice, by assassins who violated his Ibadan home on 23 December, has left more questions than answers for the country’s bewildered citizens. No acceptable excuse has been given for the absence of his entire security detail — who left their duty post to have dinner — when the residence of the country’s chief law officer was under attack. There was no resistance as the killers stormed Ige’s house, located in Ibadan’s exclusive Bodija district. His assailants ordered his wife, Atinuke, to leave the room before shooting the 71-year-old man in the chest. Articulate, urbane and forthright, Ige was one of Nigeria’s most prominent politicians.
