CRIME & COURT

Killers of Ekiti monarchs arrested – Police

The police in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria, has announced that one of the killers of the two traditional rulers have been arrested.

TheCornet had reported the murder of the two monarchs by suspected criminals, while they were returning from a security meeting.

The suspect and four others were arrested deep inside the Emure-Ekiti Forest, according to assistant inspector-general of police Dare Ogundare.

Ogundare stated that a joint operation involving the police, other security agencies, and local vigilante the Odua People’s Congress (OPC) in the forest between Ayedyn and Ayebode area of the state led to the arrests.

“During the operation, five suspects were arrested and several dangerous weapons were recovered from them,” he said.

The criminals were paraded before journalists at the state police command headquarters in Ado-Ekiti.

 

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