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.

AbdulRahman Saad     Haliru Yahaya     Abubakar Lah     Yekeen Alabi     April 11     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Durosinlohun Atiku     John Obuh     Amos Justus Sayo     CCB     Risikat Lawal     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Na\'Allah     Ita-Ore     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Pilgrims Board     Kwara State Television     Afolayan     Sango-UITH Road     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Eleyele     Demola Banu     Razak Atunwa     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Femi Agbaje     Bayo Onimago     Usman Rifun     Inside Kwara     Yashikira     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Adijat Adebiyi     Shuaib Olarongbe     Oniye     Bayo Ajia     Olupako     Gabriel Fashanu     Ope Saraki     Omu-aran     Ilorin Muslim Community     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     CT Ayeni     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Temi Kolawole     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Musa Alhassan Buge     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Micheal Imoudu     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Islamic Development Bank     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Kayode Alabi     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     SSUCOEN     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Ojo Fadumila     Femi Gbajabiamila     Rihanat Ajia     Hamza Usman     Isin     Vasolar     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Olatomiwa Williams     Facebook     Baboko Primary School     Ejidongari     Doyin Group     Taofeek Ibraheem     Ilorin Emirate     Abegunde Goke     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Local Government     Seun Bolaji    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Iyabo Adewuyi     Curfew     Vasolar Consortium     Read With Me     Summit University     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Mujtabah Bature     N-Power     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Logun     NIPOGA     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Babatunde Idiagbon     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Afonja     Rueben Parejo     Kaosarah Adeyi     Oko Erin     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Florence Saraki     Gambari     Labour Party     Mahee Abdulkadir     Alaro     Old Oyo     Orisun Igbomina     Ilesha-Baruba     Kehinde Baale     Folorunsho Alao     Dunmade     Haliru Yahaya     Femtech     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Ladi Hassan     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Kulende-UITH     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Olupako     MalHub     United Nigeria Congress Party     Air Peace     Mohammed Lawal     Wahab Agbaje     COVID     Lanre Olosunde     International Aviation College     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Patience Jonathan     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Rashidi Yekini     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Adaramaja     Obasanjo     Public Holiday     Mope Dasuki Belgore     AGF Abdulrazaq     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Idofin     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Isiaka Oniwa     Henry Makinwa     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Ijakadi     Funmi Salau     Osinbajo     Anilelerin     Aso Ofi     Adedipe     Offa Descendants Union     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Olatinwo     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen