Nigeria Police have stated they’ve arrested 13 suspects in reference to the homicide of two monarchs in Ekiti State.
The Drive Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, on Thursday, stated measures had additionally been taken to deal with the safety drawback within the state.
On Monday, gunmen killed two Ekiti monarchs – the Onimojo of Imojo, Oba Olatunde Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin, whereas the Alara of Ara Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, narrowly escaped.
The normal rulers have been coming back from a safety assembly in Kogi State after they stumbled into an ambush arrange by the abductors working on the Ipao-Oke Ako freeway in Ikole Native Authorities Space of Ekiti State.
Additionally in the identical space, kidnappers attacked a college bus and took away 5 college students of the Apostolic Religion Group of Faculties, three lecturers and the bus driver.
In accordance with the FPRO, the Inspector-Normal of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in a press release, has strongly condemned the killing of conventional rulers and kidnapping of scholars and lecturers in Ekiti.
He, due to this fact, acknowledged that to deal with the safety challenges, an Assistant Inspector Normal of Police, Abiodun Asabi, had been deployed to Zone 17, Akure, Ondo State.
“The assigned AIG will coordinate a complete safety response to finish the unlucky incidents in Ekiti and components of Ondo. 13 suspects have been arrested in reference to the incidents, and the IGP assures the general public of the NPF's dedication to making sure justice and stopping recurrence. The general public is urged to stay calm, vigilant and cooperative as efforts are made to revive peace and safety within the affected areas,” Adejobi stated.
The Chairman of Ekiti Conventional State Council and Olojudo of Ido Ekiti, Oba Ayorinde Ilori-Faboro, stated PUNCH Metro Wednesday that the monarchs within the state would embrace all strategies to discover a answer to the safety disaster within the state.
Oba Faboro, who stated the council wouldn’t reveal the ways the normal council would deploy, assured the general public that the issue of insecurity would quickly be a factor of the previous within the state.
The normal ruler, chatting with The PUNCH shortly after an emergency assembly that the state Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, held with all monarchs within the state and safety chiefs to advise the obas on the best way ahead.
The oba stated: “Any answer is suitable, we’ll strategy our drawback with any doable answer.”
