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.
Shagari Iyabo Dupe Adekeye Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike Oni Adebayo IYA ALFA NLA Garba Idris Ajia Kulende Rafiu Olasile Freshvine Nigeria Limited Magaji Erubu Adesoye Olumide Daniel Ibitoye Wale Oladepo March 28 Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng Plat Technologies Limited AbdulRazaq Jiddah Niguel Gallando Marcias Federal Road Maintenance Agency Omar Gambari Yusuf Zulu-Gambari KW-GIS Garuba Alikinla Shittu Babaloja-General Funmilayo Braithwaite Bola Sagaya Yusuf Abdulwahab LABTOP Olatunji Abdulmumeen Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman Mohammed Saidu Olatomiwa Williams Sunset Workers Javed Khan Hussein Olokooba Allocation Tunji Folami Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs Rebecca Bake Vasolar T And K FOODS Borgu PPS Abubakar Kawu Baraje Tunji Moronfoye Mahfouz Adedimeji Ahmed Dankaya Kola Bukoye Emir Of Lafiagi Belgore NFAI Erubu Oba Zubair TIC Alimi Abdulrazaq Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed Sun Qing Rong Oke Sunna Moses Afolayan Raliat AbdulRazaq Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Facemasks Clement Yomi Adeboye Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi Waziri Yakubu Gobir Abdulraheem Olesin Air Peace Olaosebikan Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies Talaka Parapo Pius Abioje Mustapha Akanbi Ilorin Talaka Parapo Jide Oyinloye Zulkifli Ibraheem Oloyede Ilorin Durbar

