Police Parade Suspected Killer Of Ekiti Monarchs

By Ayodele Oni

Efforts of security agencies and local vigilantes to unravel those behind the gruesome killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti state are yielding result as the State Police Command paraded one Baboba Alhaji for involvement in the killing.

Briefing Journalists in Ado Ekiti weekend, on the success, the AIG in charge of Ekiti, Dare Ogundare, said it took the combined efforts of security agencies in the State to apprehend the suspect.

According to him, the suspect had confessed to the crime while efforts were on to apprehend his accomplice.

The AIG, who said no arrest was made during the release operation of the abducted school pupils and their teachers, however, informed journalists that some suspects were rounded up at Oke Osun, in Ikere Ekiti, Igbo Okah and Iju-Ikere boundary forest.

On whether ransom was paid to secure the release of the pupils and their teachers, the Police Boss said that the Nigeria Police would never encourage ransom payment, commending the Inspector General of Police, and the Ekiti State Governor’s intervention in the quick release of the abductees.

Ogundare said that efforts were on to apprehend those behind the abduction of the pupils.

Answering questions from Newsmen, the suspected killer of the Ekiti  Monarchs, Babola, confirmed his involvement in the crime.