The president gave the directive at the opening of a one-day Presidential Workshop on Power at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday.
Jonathan expressed his condolence with Oshiomhole, who was present at the event as a participant.
He said he had directed the IGP to re-open all cases of murder in the country for further investigations.
“Having cited the Governor of Edo State, let me again express our condolences over the death of his executive assistant under circumstances that we are looking into.
“I have directed that cases of murder must be properly investigated in this country.
“I believe at the end of the day, we will know what happened, not just in Edo State but security challenges that are facing us on daily basis.’’
Jonathan condemned the spate of killings in the country, saying that the country could not continue on that “barbaric path”.
Olaitan was murdered in his home in Benin in the early hours of Friday.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the National Assembly to enact tougher laws against cultists and those engaging in examination malpractice.
Jonathan made the call at the opening of a two-day workshop organised by the University of Ibadan, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission.
The President who was represented at the event by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, said the eradication of cultism was a national project for all stakeholders in the country.
He observed that campuses of higher institutions of learning had been turned into a breeding ground for cultists, an avenue for the practice of immoralities and a base for grooming terrorists.
Jonathan who called for a “re-orientation of our children”, stated that government had invested much in the education sector and would not allow such investments to be wasted by some misguided youths.
He said that government would leave no stone unturned in its efforts to curb the activities of cultists and their sponsors.
“Cultism is anti-development; there is no way a society can transform with cultism.’’
He said the workshop, with the theme “Eradicating Cultism in Nigerian Institutions: Major Stakeholders’ Role and Experiences”, was apt because of the need to tie all loose ends because of the current security challenges facing the country.
Jonathan also commiserated with the students and management of Bayero University, Kano, over the recent attacks on the campus by the Boko Haram sect, adding that “no one will be allowed to impose a regime of fear on our collective psyche”.
In her address, the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, decried the activities of cultists on campuses, noting that it was the biggest challenge facing the education sector.
Rufa’i said that it was time to address the issue as the youths were critical to the realisation of Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020.
She said the Federal Government would do everything within its powers to maintain the rule of law everywhere.
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