Police Confirm Killing of Traditional Ruler, Abduction of Wife in Kwara

Date: 2024-02-02

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.

Ilorin Central Mosque     Javed Khan     Kunle Akogun     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Toyin Sanusi     Mike Omotosho     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Ishaq Salman     James Kolo     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Maigidasanma     Kumbi Titilope     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Ahmad Ali     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Sanusi Abubakar     Salman Alada     Shuaibu Yaman     Sarah Alade     Raimi Iyanda     Yeketi     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Third Estate     Folajimi Aleshinloye     REO CAKES     Ilorin Emirate     Col. Taiwo     Tsado Manman     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Modibbo Kawu     Oba Abu     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Tosin Saraki     GGDSS Pakata     RTEAN     Radio Kwara     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Lanre Badmus     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Rapheal Ashaolu     Saka Onimago     Shuaib Jawondo     Waheed Ibrahim     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Saliu Tunde Bello     Bamikole Omishore     Ibrahim Orire     Alore     Tanke     Jumoke Gafar     Yusuf Badmus     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Abdulkadir Orire     Garba Idris Ajia     Ilorin.Info     Salihu S. Yaru     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Kwara Restoration Project     TIC     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Lithium     Ayinke Saka     Abdulrazaq Sanni     SWAN     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Lanre Badmas     Communication Network Support Services     Ilota     Ladi Hassan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Razak Atunwa     Kawu Baraje     Offa Grammer School     Harafat E. Mukadam     Kayode Zubair     CBT     Ajidagba     NYSC     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Samari     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Barakat Community Secondary School     Hassan Oyeleke     Kamaldeen Kehinde     KWASAA     Mansur Alfanla     Ilorin     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Dasuki Belgore     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Kale Bayero     Sarah Alade     Sodiya     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     ANCOPPS     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     HICA     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Habeeb Saidu     Mohammed Abdulahi     AbdulRahman Saad     Bayer AG     Ogidi-Oloje     Kishira     PPS     Suleman Abubakar     Shonga Farm Project     Moremi High School     Isiaka Danmeromu     Agbarere     Hamidu Olowo     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Muhammed Aliyu     Igbaja     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Rueben Parejo     BIR     Ndama Al-hassan     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Ilorin Durbar     Offorjama     Kassim Babamale     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Abdulazeez Arowona     Isiaka Gold     Olatinwo     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Wahab Abayawo     Olaosebikan     KWTV     SAPZ Project     David Adesina     Tunde Akanbi     Yomi Adeboye     IHS Towers     Kazeem Oladepo     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Jawondo     March 28     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Ajikobi