BREAKING: Plot “to kill Retired General Tajudeen Olanrewaju and blame it on accident” uncovered – Lagos natives

By KEMI KASUMU

The message, according to the group of eminent Nigerians, read: “O8076359288: Our condolences on the death TAJUDEEN OLANREWAJU ADENIJI with the number 7082892754 who died in a fatal accident kindly note that the burial day will be announced later.”

A comment circulating condolences on the acclaimed death of former Nigerian Minister of Communications and General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (Rtd), has been uncovered.

This was contained in a statement released by Media Office of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation in the early hours of Sunday September 29, 2024 and circulated to the media.

The message, according to the group of eminent Nigerians, read: “O8076359288: Our condolences on the death TAJUDEEN OLANREWAJU ADENIJI with the number 7082892754 who died in a fatal accident kindly note that the burial day will be announced later.”

When contacted, General Olanrewaju, who is also former Member Provisional Ruling Council (PRC), said, “Fake news from the scammers. I’m not Adeniji. The mobile phone number is not mine. I did not die in an accident in any shape or form. This is the usual message from hackers/scammers or politically motivated media publication propagandist to embarass an individual,” he said.

General Olanrewaju, however, made a touching statement of concerns saying, “This could be a forewarning of an evil plan to kill me. Many things were wrong with the statement. I hope it is not a camouflage to carry out a dastardly act as a future testament. Allah has a way of protecting his servants. I’m living and surviving by His grace.”

Upon fact-checking, an honoured trustee of the Group, Baba Mohammed Akin Martins, said General Tajudeen Olanrewaju was neither dead nor was he involved in accident of any kind.

The devout Muslim elder further said, “Back to sender!” praying that, “Any man or woman conceived in the womb or born of a woman, who wishes the General any evil, no matter how strong or powerful he or anyone working for him or her is, will be met by the same treatment that God meted to Firiaona, who felt there was no God and was more powerful than anyone, and Abraha, the elephant riding warrior who was destroyed by Allah for being so arrogant that he plotted to destroy the Ka’abah.

“As for the plotters, let them be told that this is replicate of what they did to people in the past who died because they didn’t take note. This time, you want to do it to an Army General, who, by all standards, is expert in reading mindset. It will be hard for you. But we are watching our back so, you too should watch your back,” he said.

The wise man and other elders, who spoke separately from De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, on the development described the Whatsapp message as an attempt by “the unknown group of killers always after indigenes of Lagos State” as testing ground for a devilish operation they are plotting to carry out against General Tajudeen Olanrewaju and other leaders of De Renaissance Patriots.

Generally, the leadership of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation described the whatsapp message as a “prank to be taken seriously and plot taken too far”.

It expressed hope that nothing happens to the General or any of the leaders of the Group.

In the meantime, the socio-cultural organisation has said the matter will be reported officially to appropriate authorities.