The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State command, Amba Asuquo, has on Friday, paraded a four-man gang, suspected to be killers of Chief Shola Fatunla.
The CP also exhibited the items recovered from the scene of the dastardly act.
Chief Fatunla, 35, who until his death on April 5, was chief of Onibedo of Ilorin area in Ikole-Ekiti, Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, had been accused of snatching Tadeni, wife of one of the suspects identified as Sunday Aernan, the leader of the gang. Sunday had apologised to chief Fatunla, once he got to know that Chief Fatunla and his wife (Tadeni) were mere family friends. The marriage of Sunday and Tadeni, though, has collapsed, however, was blessed with two kids.
In a press release on Saturday, by the Command’s Commissioner, Amba Asuquo, through the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, described the case as conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, and murder. The statement read:
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” On April 5, 2020, about 12 am, Sunday Aernan, male, 30, an indigene of Benue State, but resides in Ikole-Ekiti invited Chief Fatunla Shola, 35, of Ikole-Ekiti, and Adebo Tadeni, female, 35, of Ikole-Ekiti to come and help him settle a dispute between himself, Sunday, and an unidentified Igbira man in his farm at Itapaji farm settlement, Ikole-Ekiti.
“On arrival at the farm, Sunday Aernan, who had already arranged three of his gang members and informed them of his intention to kill Chief Fatunla Shola, immediately called them out of the bush where they were hiding and waiting for Fatunla. Sunday Aernan then instructed them to apprehend both the chief and Adebo Tadeni, which they did. Aernan and his three accomplices; Jonathan Elijah ’19, Aoufa Sule Obasanjo, 24, and Moses Iornal 24, bound their feet and hands.
“According to their confessional statements obtained, they tortured the chief with sticks and bottles and thereafter, tied him to a tree. They also took Adebo Tadeni to another location and tied her to a tree there.
“Sunday and his accomplices, returned to the Chief, set him ablaze and watched him burn to death.
“Thereafter, they returned to where they had earlier tied Adebo Tadeni but did not find her because according to her statement, she was able to use her teeth to untie herself and then ran away.”
The statement also identified items recovered from the scene of the incident to include , ” sticks, rope, cutlass, four Android phones, one burnt Jerry can,
one necklace and beads.”
“The incident was reported in our Divisional Police Station in Ikole-Ekiti and our intelligent operatives swung into action immediately. Intelligent information led to the arrest of Sunday Aernan and his three gang members while they were trying to escape out of the state, and they have all made confessional statements to have committed the crime, ”
it statement added.
The command assured that as soon as investigationms were concluded, the suspects would be charged to court .
