Crime
Police arrest 8 suspects over killing of traditional rulers, kidnapping
The Ekiti State Police Command reveals it has arrested 8 suspects over the recent killing of 2 traditional rulers as well as the abduwction of some pupils in the state.
Giving an update on Sunday, the police authorities in Ekiti State said the suspects were arrested during a joint operation which was carried out through Emure-Ekiti Forest, Ise/Ogbese Forest to Emure-Ile Forest in Ondo State.
The PRO Officer in the state, Abutu Sunday, in a statement noted that the operation involved police operatives, Amotekun corps, vigilantes, local hunters, members of Agbekoya Group including Policemen & Amotekun Corps from Ondo State.
He identified the suspects as Yaya Sumaila, Idrisu Abubakar, Hassan Abudullahi, Abudullahi Abudullahi, Haruna Abubakar, Usman Abudullahi, Haruna Sule including one Babusa Alhaji Lede who was arrested inside Ayedun/ Ayebode Ekiti forest in Ikole Area of the state.
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