{"id":13964,"date":"2017-04-07T21:17:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T21:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13964"},"modified":"2017-04-07T21:17:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T21:17:15","slug":"who-killed-rear-admiral-daniel-teikumo-ikoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13964","title":{"rendered":"WHO KILLED REAR ADMIRAL DANIEL TEIKUMO IKOLI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The late Rear Adm. Daniel Ikoli, the Fleet Commander, Western Naval Command, Lagos, who was found dead at his Apapa residence on April 5, did not kill himself, contrary to some media reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to authoritative sources at the command, Ikoli may have been assassinated as he had no cause to kill himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIkoli has been penciled down by the President as the next Chief of Naval Staff; he recently earned a special promotion to his present rank from Commodore.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div class=\"inserted_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe was on the panel probing arms deal which also affects the Armed Forces, including the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIkoli was a disciplined, gentle, straightforward and honest man, who had no regard for protocol. It is nothing but a murder case,\u2019\u2019 a source told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The source also said that because of his performance as the Commander, NNS Beecroft, he was loved by all officers and the junior ones.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u201cIkoli transformed the place by introducing smart I.D. cards and increasing special duty allowance from N4, 000 to N12, 000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody is aware that he was an introvert, but he made sure that things worked properly and he had respect for all and zero tolerance for corruption.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=12817&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe really complimented President Buhari on his anti-corruption war and I think that was why he was appointed to serve on the arms deal probe panel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis elevation as the next Chief of Naval Staff would have been announced if not for the president\u2019s trip to London for medical checkup.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Another officer, who said he worked with him, also told NAN that the late Ikoli was an easy going man who did not believe in bothering people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the close of work, he usually allows his aides to go home and stay with their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn most cases, he will be the one to open the gate of his residence for visitors using a remote control.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ikoli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13965\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ikoli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ikoli.jpg 286w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ikoli-128x80.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officer would not have killed himself; it is pure case of assassination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a mystery surrounding his death; for instance, the two ambulances they brought to take him to the mortuary refused to move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was when they brought his service car and transferred the body into it that they were able to take his corpse to the morgue,\u2019\u2019 he said.(NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Rear Adm. Daniel Ikoli, the Fleet Commander, Western Naval Command, Lagos, who was found dead at his Apapa residence on April 5, did not kill himself, contrary to some media reports. According to authoritative sources at the command, Ikoli may have been assassinated as he had no cause to kill himself. \u201cIkoli has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[3677],"class_list":["post-13964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-rear-adm-daniel-ikoli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Ikoli.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-3De","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13966,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964\/revisions\/13966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}