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.
Isiaka Saka Opobiyi Alore Raymond Olaitan Suwa-Arabs Titus Ashaolu Saeedat Aliyu Bolaji Abdullahi Zulkifli Ibraheem Abdulrasaq Alaro Face Masks Fatimat Saliu Taofik Abdulkareem Ahmad Ali Funke Adedoyin Na\'Allah Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi Yoonus Kola Olatinwo Ganmo Babatunde Ishola Babaita Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists Ayobami Seriki Nigeria Computer Society Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency Maryam Nurudeen Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji Laduba Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Okedare David Adesina Musa Abdullahi Omar Bolaji Gambari Saliu Mustapha Okin Biscuits Forgo Battery Mustapha Akanbi Sabo-Oke Aliyu Muhammed Yunus Oniboki Akeem Olatunji Olugbense Femi Gbajabiamila Obasanjo Bolaji Aladie Abiodun Oyedepo Bisi Oyeleke National Broadcasting Commission Ndama Al-hassan Lawal Olohungbebe N-Power Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria Ilorin Central Mosque Abdullahi G. Mohammad Oloruntoyosi Thomas Segun Abifarin Code Of Conduct Bureau Yusuf Amuda Abubakar Oke-Odo Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi Gabriel Fashanu Ishaq Abdulkarim Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh John Obuh Kassim Babamale Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi Opobiyi Chemiroy Nigeria Limited Samuel Adedoyin Www.Kwarareports.com Arik Dele Belgore Kunle Suleiman Yusuf Mubarak Lawyers Unite Against Corruption Local Government Pension Board Sheriff Shagaya Tafida Of Ilorin Wahab Issa

