The police has launched a manhunt for suspected killers of one Waidi Obidairo, who was murdered in Agodo village, in Ewekoro Local Government Council Area of Ogun State. The deceased, 45-year-old father of six, was allegedly hacked by his kinsmen on December 4, 2018 for a yet-to-be-established reason.
However, the quick response to a
distress call by the Sango-Otta Area Commander, ACP Adegoke Fayoade, who
raced to the scene, had a positive impact on the situation as the
hoodlums were alleged to be on the verge of setting the captured
“fugitives”, including the lifeless body of Waidi, ablaze, when he
arrived with his men, which included the Divisional Police Officer (DPO)
of Ibogun.
Crimepuzzle’s investigation reveals that the deceased
might have incurred the wrath of his kinsmen-turn assailants over his
choice of pitching tent with the coronet-Oba, Olajide Odetola, whose
coronation was billed to hold on December 7, 2018.
It was further
revealed that the late Waidi had gone to the village in company of
about nine other persons in preparation for the coronation when tens of
the opposing factional group, armed with various lethal weapons,
ambushed them, the resultant effect of which was hacking of their main
target, Waidi, also known as Apase, ostensibly for his perceived role in
seeing the dream come true.
The other nine persons had their
respective bitter tastes of the hostility; they were brutally macheted,
and sustained varying degrees of cuts.
The Inspector-General of
Police (IGP’s) Monitoring Team, has, however, vowed to bring the
perpetrators to book, despite the surreptitious moves of some notable
and influential politicians to sweep the case under the carpet.
The
intervention of the bereaved family solicitor, Chief Adekunle Funmilayo
Esq., who in a petition to the IGP, called the attention of the police
chief to the bestiality, and prayed for actions that would help to bring
the assailants to justice.
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