From Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti
Operatives of the Ekiti State police command have arrested a suspect over the killing of a commercial motorcyclist, identified as Mr. Sunday Olorunleke in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Olorunleke, father of two, was said to had been hacked to death over the weekend in his residence located in Aba area of the state capital.
He was alone in the house when the incident happened as his wife and children were said to had travelled and returned on Saturday morning only to meet his corpse in the room.
A source who confirmed the killing said the incident might had happened between Thursday night and Saturday morning adding that Olorunleke was sighted in the neighborhood on Thursday morning.
The source said , ” The wife of the deceased put a call across to the some of the neighbours on Thursday when she could not reach her husband on phone and they informed her that they saw him that very day.
” We were shocked after the wife arrived on Saturday morning and met the door closed and sought the assistance of people to break the door where she found her husband corpse on the floor lying in pool of his own blood.”
Speaking with The Nigerian Xpress on the telephone, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Ekiti State, Caleb Ikechukwu confirmed the arrest of the suspect.
The PPRO who did not reveal the identity of the suspect noted that he would soon be paraded after completion of preliminary investigations.
” I can confirm that we have arrested a suspect over the killing of Mr. Sunday Olorunleke.
“We got the report of the incident over the weekend and we swung into action and through our intelligence we were able to get the suspect who stabbed the man. He is in our custody and we will parade him any moment from now,” Ikechukwu said.
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