By DIPO KEHINDE and OLUWATOYOSI OGUNSEYE
Monday, July 31, 2006

This is coming at a time a team of pathologists, led by one Col. Ayuba, conducted autopsy on the body of Williams at the Military Hospital on Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos.

Daily Sun gathered that the guard, whose identity was not disclosed for security reasons, until the murder of Williams last Thursday, kept watch over the unoccupied duplex in the twin-duplex owned by the late politician.

Police sources said the guard, who disappeared soon after news about Williams’ murder broke, is on a fresh list of persons declared wanted by the police in connection with the assassination. A top police officer, who preferred anonymity, said those on the fresh list are wanted for “informational interviews.”
It was further gathered that the assassins allegedly gained entry into Williams’ apartment through the vacant duplex watched over by the guard.

Meanwhile, as the search for Williams’ killers intensifies, more detectives have been drafted into the probe, just as all possible clues are being examined to track down the assassins. One of the theories being worked on by detectives is the possible involvement of a notorious campus cult group in the murder.
Police sources said the cult angle came about because a son of one of Williams’ opponents in the governorship race, believed to be a member of a cult group, was recently expelled from the Lagos State University (LASU).

Daily Sun gathered that no fewer than 11 persons have been arrested by the police over the killing. They include Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe and Senator Musliu Obanikoro, FERMA boss, Mr Kehinde Oyenuga, Williams’ cooks, aides and his police guards. Senator Obanikoro has, however, been released after making a statement at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos.

Director General, Nigeria Maritime Authority (NMA), Festus Ugwu, was also quizzed by detectives on Sunday. Williams was chairman, board of the NMA until his death.
Medical examiners, who worked on Williams’ corpse for hours on Sunday afternoon, it was gathered, tried to establish if he had died through traumatic asphyxiation caused by strangulation. They also tried to establish if he was stabbed to death or shot, going by the holes on his body.

Daily Sun learnt that detectives from the Metropolitan Police, in United Kingdom, who are also working on the Williams’ case, will stay in Nigeria for a year. According to police authorities, after investigation on Williams’ murder case, the British cops will stay back to train policemen at the forensic laboratory in Alagbon, on how to handle scientific crime investigations.

The British officers, it was gathered, were being expected in Nigeria for the training programme even before Williams was killed.