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  • Confusion as “Madman” stabs Ekiti monarch to death

    Odo Oro, a community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State was on Monday thrown into chaos as a man said to be mentally deranged stabbed the monarch to death.

    The Onise of Odo Oro, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin, was allegedly attacked by the ‘madman’ right in his palace in broad daylight.

    Nobody knew the time the culprit gained access to the palace to carry out the act.

    Some locals who spoke on condition of anonymity said the lunatic ran away after stabbing the traditional ruler to death and had not been seen since then.

    A source told The Nation that following the sudden death of the monarch, rituals are being conducted at the time of filing this report.

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    A formal announcement of Oba Ogunsakin’s transition is expected to be made by the state government as soon the rites of passage are concluded.

    The monarch’s death after the stabbing sparked outrage from the youths of the community who stormed the house of his parents.

    The youths reportedly demolished the house of the lunatic’s parents in protest against the alleged regicide.

    A manhunt has been reportedly launched for the culprit.

    The major road linking the community with other towns has been barricaded by the irate youths.

    The incident forced a diversion of traffic by motorists going to towns like Itapaji, Iyemero, Ayebode, Ayedun, Omuo, Lokoja and Abuja.

    When contacted, the spokesperson for Ekiti State Police Command, Mr Caleb Ikechukwu confirmed the incident.

    He added that the police had combed the town to ascertain the whereabouts of the lunatic who committed the crime.

  • Man stabs father, himself to death in Ekiti

    A 32-year old man, Lekan Adediran, who was identified to be suffering from mental disorder, has reportedly killed his Octogenarian father, Pa Lawrence Adediran in Efon Alaye in Efon Local government Area of Ekiti State.

    It was revealed that the culprit after killing his 80-year old father, was said to have stabbed himself to death with the aid of broken bottle with which he murdered his father.

    The culprit’s elder brother, Ojo Adediran, who reported the case at the Efon Divisional Police Station, said his brother was mentally infirmed and that he committed the offence at about 9.45pm on Monday.

    Briefing newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said the corpses of the two victims had been deposited at the morgue of General Hospital at Efon Alaaye.

    Ikechukwu revealed that the brother of the deceased cum culprit told the police that his late brother had mental challenge, which he said the family had been battling to resolve.

    He said: “Lekan’s brother personally approached the police station in Efon to report how his brother killed their 80-year old father with a broken bottle and also killed himself after succeeding in his devilish act.

    “Their corpses are presently at Efon General hospital for autopsy. However, the police had been able to maintain peace and orderliness in the town.

    “We are not resting on the accounts rendered to the police by the victim’s brother alone, we are still going to conduct investigations to ascertain the veracity of the claim and the reason behind the killing and the subsequent suicide option taken by Lekan”, the PPRO stated.

    Ikechukwu also revealed how some suspected cultists have invaded a satellite village and a drinking joint in Ado Ekiti capital city on July 29 and shot one Ayomide Adebayo, 23 and Sola Akinwande .

    The police spokesman said Adebayo was shot at Oshodi street the same day Akinwande was shot at a drinking joint within Ado Ekiti metropolis.

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    The PPRO added that the two were shot in the legs and are now being treated at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti.

    “We got the information at about 10.45pm and upon investigation, it coincided with the day some secret cults wanted to secretly bury a man along Ilawe road .

    “We contacted our men in the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) who laid ambush and got the suspects arrested at their hideouts and are now being detained at the police headquarters where they are helping the police in their investigations”.

  • Police speak on alleged siege on Ekiti Assembly complex

    The Ekiti State Police Command has allayed the fear of the people of the state on the alleged deployment of armed policemen to the House of Assembly complex Wednesday night.

    Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Caleb Ikechukwu, said there was nothing wrong with the alleged deployment which he described as a security matter.

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    Ikechukwu said: “Anytime you see deployment of policemen it is to ensure the safety and security of that place and the people there.”

    The police spokesman who spoke in a telephone chat said there was no need for anybody to panic about the deployment of security men in the quest to ensure security of life and property except for those who have some form of crime to hide.

    Ikechukwu added: “Anytime you see us doing deployment, it’s for a reason, it is to ensure safety of that place at a given time. That means there must be information which we are working with and that shows how proactive the Nigeria Police Force is.”

    On the alleged letter seeking for police deployment, Ikechukwu said: “Are you now meddling into our internal affairs? Anybody that disclosed that information is disclosing secret information and that person should be arrested and prosecuted.”

  • Ekiti 2018: Police deny invading govt house

    The Ekiti State Police Command has dismissed insinuations on the social media that its men invaded the Government House on Wednesday.

    Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, urged members of the public to consider the content of the postings as “misleading and aimed at causing anxiety in the minds of the public.”

    Ikechukwu signed the statement on behalf of the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Election Duty Coordinator), Mr. Habila Joshak.

    Ikechukwu said: “In furtherance to the presence of police officers around the Prof. Olusola Eleka Pavilion at Fajuyi on Wednesday, two political parties intend to have their rallies at the same date and in Ado-Ekiti metropolis.

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    “But the Commissioner of Police advised the political parties in writing on the need to have their political activities at different time and because of its security implication.

    “The Police will, at all times, continue to maintain law and order and also rise up to their responsibility to perform their mandatory and statutory duty of protection of lives and property of innocent citizens before, during and after the election.

    “The Police would also want to use this medium to alert the general public that they should expect more of this misleading information from person(s) who do not mean well to te good people of Ekiti State.

    “The Police enjoin the general public to confirm the source of their information before circulating same to their friends or loved ones.”

  • Ekiti 2018: Police arrest PDP members over illegal possession of ballot papers

    Four days to the governorship election in Ekiti State, Ekiti State Police Command has nabbed two members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who were found in possession of already thumprinted papers in favour of PDP in the Saturday governorship election.

    A statement by Director of Media and Publicity, Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation, Mr. Wole Olujobi, identified the two suspects as Ashiru Gbenga and Olaide Olayeye, who were promptly arrested, interrogated and detained.

    They are now helping the police in their investigation.

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    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, when contacted by our reporter promised to get back later.

    As about 12 noon on Wednesday, intelligence report indicated that one Vien Foton vehicle marked KTU 477 DG Lagos was parked at Fayose Market along Ajilosun Street, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

    Upon information to the police headquarters on the suspicious parking, a team of detectives was deployed to the scene to conduct a search on the vehicle where two leaflets of already thumprinted ballot papers were found in favour of PDP.

  • Ekiti 2018: Fayemi’s convoy did not knock down anybody – Police

    The Ekiti State Police Command has clarified that the convoy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, did not knock down any pedestrian on Tuesday.

    The command described the news being spread on the social media platform by Governor Ayo Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, as a “baseless rumour and a misleading information.”

    Olayinka had alleged on his WhatsApp and Facebook portals that a Police Inspector, Kayode Gabriel, was killed by one of the vehicles in Fayemi’s convoy.

    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said the command strongly dissociates itself from the act of misinformation capable of causing panic and creating mischief in the minds of the general public.

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    Ikechukwu said: “There was a fatal motor pedestrian accident at about 0930hrs in front of Captain Cook eatery by the flyover of Fajuyi area of Ado-Ekiti.

    “The accident involved a Sienna ash colour with registration number LAGOS SZ 874 EKY driven by one Abayomi Ismaila Damilare knocked down two pedestrians namely Inspector Gabriel Kayode and Albert  Afolayan who were about to cross the road.

    “They were confirmed dead by a medical doctor while receiving treatment at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.

    “The driver has been arrested and his vehicle impounded for further investigation.

    “Furthermore, the motorcade of Dr. Kayode Fayemi and that of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, arrived Ado-Ekiti to their rally center at about 1400hrs.

    “The command advises the general public to always cross check information/facts before going to disseminate it to any form of social media thereby misleading the good people of Ekiti and indeed Nigerians.”