Police Confirm Killing of Traditional Ruler, Abduction of Wife in Kwara
The Police Command in Kwara State on Thursday in Ilorin confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler in the state, Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area in the state.
Ejire Adeyemi-Tohun, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the police command, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) late Thursday in llorin.
Ms Adeyemi-Tohun, a chief superintendent of police, added that the king's assailants also kidnapped his wife.
“The gunmen invaded the residence of the traditional ruler in the evening and killed him and went away with his wife,” the Police PRO said.
The police spokesperson said some police personnel, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Koro-Ekiti, were already at the palace of the late traditional ruler.
“They have begun investigations into the whereabouts of the killers, as well as the abductors of the late king's wife,” she said.
(NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Eghe Igbinehi MATTA Girls Foundation Bolaji Nagode Oni Adebayo Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed Ganmo Power Sub-Station NIPOGA Simeon Sule Ajibola Musa Alhassan Buge Toyin Sanusi Olatunji Moronfoye Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs Ilorin.Info Sarah Alade Salihu Alhaji Musa Alaro Ibrahim Mohammed All Peoples Party Neo Mundo Ltd Siraj Oyewale AbdulRauf Keji Tunde Oyawoye Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Ahmed Idris Mohammed Garba Dogo Abdulfatai Salman Baakini Jebba Mohammed Lawal Bagega Bello Bature Halimat Yusuf Elerin Of Erin-Ile Iqra Books Tunde Saad Ganiyu Abolarin Tanke KFA Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations Sadiq Buhari Dan Iya Of Ilorin TVC Female National Debate AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem Sarah Jubril Oluwole Dupe Omu-aran Ajasse-Ipo Rafiu Ajakaye Shuaib Olarongbe Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez Bankole Omisore Musbau A. Akanji Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement Mary Kemi Adeosun Yahaya Abdulkareem Aliyu Kora Sabi Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan Idris Amosa Saidu Government High School (GHS), Adeta Prince Mahe Abdulkadir Christian Association Of Nigeria Special Adviser On Digital Innovation Aminu Adisa Logun Yusuf Aiyedun Tunde Mukaila Mustapha Lawal Jimoh KWSUED Isa Aremu Balogun Gambari Najim Yaasin UTME Abdullahi Samari Press Release Oloye Pategi ARMTI Abdulhakeem Amao Muhammadu Buhari Adeleke Ogungbe

