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.

Abdulfatah Ahmed     Muhammed Akanbi     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Agor Market     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Mohammed Ibrahim     Kwara     Saeedat Aliyu     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Bukola Saraki     Abubakar Atiku     Dauda Adesola     Adegoke Bamidele     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Danhawa     Bolakale Kawu     Shade Omoniyi     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Edu     Nagode     Agboola Abdulraheem     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Lanwa     Haliru Yahaya     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Salihu Yahaya     CLAY POT     Oluronke Adeyemi     Babatunde Idiagbon     Ajeigbe     Igbaja     Hijaab     Jebba     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Balogun Gambari     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Haliru Dantoro     NULGE     Khairat Gwadabe     Ayo Salami     NURTW     CCEPE     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Babajide Ajayi     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Zulu Gambari     Garment Factory     Bolakale Saka     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Olabode Towoju     Valsolar Consultoria     Sherif Sagaya     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Alaaya     Hussein Oloyede     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Adesoye College     Musa Abdullahi     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Ibrahim Akaje     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Abdulwahab Oba     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Frootify     Monthly Sanitation     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Amuda Musbau     Idris Amosa Saidu     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Emir Of Yashikira     Taofik Abdulkareem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdullah Janet Amudat     Ita-Nmo Market     Vasolar Consultoria     Olohungbebe     CCT     Tsado Manman     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     ARMTI     General Hospital, Offa     NULGE     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     GGDSS Pakata     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Bola Sagaya     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Dagbalodo     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Gobir     Kamoru Kadiri     Emmanuel Bello     Tunde Yusuf     Labour Party     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Kanu Agabi     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Ibrahim Gambari     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Damilola Yusuf     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Mohammed Yisa     Amos Justus Sayo     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     KWASSIP     Ahman Pategi     Salihu S. Yaru     Olam Food Ingredients     Oyin-Zubair     Idris Amosa Saidu     CUTI     Mukhtar Shagaya     Arik     Kale Belgore     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Baboko Primary School     Plat Technologies Limited     Offa Poly     Idofin     Kola Bukoye     Ilota     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     TESCOM     Oniye     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     John Dara     Rabiu Kwankwaso     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Halidu Danbaba     CKNG     Kubra Kazum     Ahmad Uthman     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Ijagbo Health Centre     Clara Nwachukwu     Ilorin Emirate     Kale Bayero     KWTV     Alfa Yahaya Road     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Elerinjare-Ibobo