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.
Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi Saheed Alakoso Sanusi Abubakar Trader Moni Adanla-Irese Sheikh Ridhwanullah Abubakar Baba Fatimat Saliu Kwara State Polytechnic CACOVID Palliatives Ilorin Metro Park Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation ARMTI Public Holiday Adedipe Isiaka Yusuf Popo-Igbonna Omotoso Musa Saka Isau AGF Abdulrazaq Saka Saadu Noah Yusuf Madawaki Abdulfatah Ahmed Tsaragi Saad Omo\'ya Abegunde Goke Idowu Laro Aminat Omodara Moro Laboratory-to-Product Ridwan Agboola Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Millennium Development Goals Medinat Folorunsho Salman Pategi Abdulquawiy Olododo Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Edu Babatunde Idiagbon Tunde Oyawoye Raymond Olaitan Ajidagba GRA Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) Ilorin Emirate Wasiu Odewale Yusuf Badmus Chief Imam Of Ilorin Abdulraufu Mustapha Labaeka National Party Of Nigeria National Association Of Nigerian Students Paul Olawoore Olawuyi Hauwa Nuru Ifelodun Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union Jimoh Bashir Lanre Olosunde Tunji Olawuyi Kayode Bankole Salman Jawondo TESCOM Orisun Igbomina Seun Bolaji Abdulrauf Aliyu Shonga Farm Project Sidikat Alaya Olabode George Towoju Ayedun Just Law Forum George Innih Mohammed Danjuma Shehu Adaramaja Deji Ajani Dogara

