Fagbola And Wife. |
The police in Ekiti have arrested a man,
Wale Ede, 25, for allegedly beheading a 50-year-old Vehicle Inspection
Officer and
father of seven, Joshua Fagbola.
Fagbola, a patrol assistant with the
Directorate of Road Traffic Service, otherwise known as the Vehicle
Inspection Officer, in Ado Ekiti, met his untimely death at the wake of a
relative on Friday at about 8pm in the Iro quarters of Iyin Ekiti,
Ekiti State.
It was learnt that Ede attacked Fagbola when he was about to start the engine of his motorbike and leave the venue of the wake.
The deceased had on Thursday reportedly
seized the cell phone of his suspected killer when he failed to supply
the brick block for which he had been paid.
An eye witness said Ede, on sighting the
VIO at the wake, had rushed home to fetch a machete and inflicted cuts
on the deceased’s neck and other parts of the body.
The Ekiti Police Public Relations
Officer, Alberto Adeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed
the incident to our correspondent on Sunday.
He said that the suspect was being held at the Criminal Investigation Department at the police headquarters in Ado Ekiti.
“The suspect attacked the deceased from
behind at the wake and almost cut his head off. It was reported that the
deceased had on Thursday seized the suspect’s cell phone for failing to
provide the blocks he had paid him for.
“The suspect is being held at the state CID and we are still investigating the matter,” Adeyemi said.
Source: Punch Newspaper
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