Kwara Police Commissioner Sheds Light on the Murder of Retired Works Controller

Date: 2025-01-06

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya, over the weekend provided updates on the gruesome murder of AbdulRazaq Ajani, a retired federal controller of works.

Ajani, who was killed in Ilorin on New Year's Day, was a native of Ikotun in Oyun Local Government Area and served as the Chairman of the Infrastructure Development Committee of the Ibolo Peoples Parley (IPP).

The Commissioner described the incident as a significant loss and assured that the police are intensifying efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The deceased was brutally killed on Friday inside his residence in the Awolowo area, Tanke, Il?rin, shortly after he returned from Offa with his wife and children where they had gone to celebrate the New Year.

CCTV footage showed that four suspects around the ages of 18 and 22 years old, easily gained access to the house when the deceased drove in and they hacked him with what appeared like axes to death after they had a conversation.

Speaking with our correspondent on the circumstances behind the killing, Olaiya assured that “will leave no stone unturned to unravel the mystery behind the unfortunate incident.

“The wife said he had a conversation with some four men and the details of that engagement we will keep to ourselves for now because it is useful.

“(But) from all indications, evidence suggests that it was a cult-related attack. The wife and children were there but he directed them to go into the room and leave him with the unwanted visitors who thereafter carried out the dastardly act.

“Some of those conversations are very suggestive (of a cult-related killing) and we are looking at this particular case as one of those cases of visiting cultists. I don't want to divulge much yet but be rest assured that we will get to the bottom of this case,” Olaiya stated.

Meanwhile, the IPP in a statement by its General Secretary, Chief Rauf Balogun (SAN), expressed shock over the incident.

“We passionately appeal to the relevant security agencies to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder and bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to book,” Balogun added.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Susan Modupe Oluwole     NULGE     Shuaib Jawondo     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Universal Basic Education Commission     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Paul Odama     Saadu Yusuf     Dagbalodo     Saidu Kawu     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Taiwo Joseph     Alabe     Ilorin     Rafiu Olasile     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     JAMB     Prince Bola Ajibola     Yusuf Abubakar     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Sarakite     Akorede     Musa Alhassan Buge     Old Oyo     Abikan     Dunmade     National Democratic Congress     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Makama Of Ilorin     Laboratory-to-Product     Kwara University Of Education     Moshood Mustapha     Zaratu Umar     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     ITEM 7     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Alfa Belgore     Ola Falade     Transition Implementation Committee     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ballah     Joseph Offorjama     Yinka Aluko     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Omotosho     Local Government Pension Board     Akeem Lawal     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Saka Abimbola Isau     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Yekini Adio     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Abubakar Baba     Col. Taiwo     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Ashiru     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     CCB     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Sabi     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     John Obuh     Usman Alkali Baba     Amos Sayo     Agboola Babatunde     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Mazars Consulting     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Abdullahi Atanda    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Tanke     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Lukman Adeloyin     Ibrahim Abiodun     Ahman Patigi     Sa\'adu Salau     07039448763     Ajakaye     Osinbajo     Abdulazeez Uthman     Atiku     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Arandun     2023 Elections     Sunday Otokiti     Kazeem Adekanye     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Kwara NIPR     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Marufat Oladosu     Kwara Hotel     Nnazua     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     International Vocational Centre     Kayode Bankole     Oke-Oyi     Afonja     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Ayodele Shittu     Iyaloja-General     Plat Technologies     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Oluwatoyin Lukman     MMWG     CT Ayeni     Yomi Adeboye     Chief Of Staff     IF-K     National Democratic Congress     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Olupako     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Benin Republic     Christopher Odetunde     Abdulfatai Baakini     Mohammed Halidu     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     JAAC     Dankaka     Gamji Members Association     BIR     Temitope Ogunbanke     Shururat Olatinwo     Allocation     Aliyu Muhammed     Moses Rahman Popoola     Sadiq Buhari     Olaoye B. Felix     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Folaranmi Aro     Yahaya Dumoye     Age AbdulKareem     Mazars Consulting     IYA YUSUF     Gbajabiamila     CCT     Bola Sagaya     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Kwara 2015     Sarkin Malamai     JUSUN     Bolakale Saka