The Ekiti Police Command on Monday paraded a former coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress in the state, Prince Adeniyi Adedipe a.k.a Apase, over the murder of a former Ekiti State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Omolafe Aderiye.
Aderiye, a staunch supporter of Governor Ayo Fayose, was killed on September 25 in Ijigbo area of the state capital, Ado-Ekiti.
The police had earlier charged four persons to court after arresting and questioning 19 suspects in respect of the killing to determine their level of culpability.
The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, told journalists at the Police Headquarters in Ado-Ekiti that “the available direct and circumstantial evidence necessitated the arrest and prosecution of the suspect (Adedipe).”
The police also paraded members of a four-man gang, Chinedu Ugwu and Adekunle Osho, for conspiracy and armed robbery.
The police said they attacked a man simply identified as Chief Gbenga at Okeila, Ado-Ekiti and shot him on his leg before dispossessing him of his Toyota Camry car which was traced to Edo State where the two suspects were arrested and the car recovered.
Two members of a seven-man armed robbery gang, Eniola Sunday and Afolayan Segun, were also paraded for breaking into two houses and carting away N105,000, two mobile sets and one Bajaj Motorcycle with registration number ADK 792 QC.
Aderiye, a staunch supporter of Governor Ayo Fayose, was killed on September 25 in Ijigbo area of the state capital, Ado-Ekiti.
The police had earlier charged four persons to court after arresting and questioning 19 suspects in respect of the killing to determine their level of culpability.
The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, told journalists at the Police Headquarters in Ado-Ekiti that “the available direct and circumstantial evidence necessitated the arrest and prosecution of the suspect (Adedipe).”
The police also paraded members of a four-man gang, Chinedu Ugwu and Adekunle Osho, for conspiracy and armed robbery.
The police said they attacked a man simply identified as Chief Gbenga at Okeila, Ado-Ekiti and shot him on his leg before dispossessing him of his Toyota Camry car which was traced to Edo State where the two suspects were arrested and the car recovered.
Two members of a seven-man armed robbery gang, Eniola Sunday and Afolayan Segun, were also paraded for breaking into two houses and carting away N105,000, two mobile sets and one Bajaj Motorcycle with registration number ADK 792 QC.
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