One of the suspects Lekan Adekanbi a.k.a Koroba, involved in the killing of the Fatinoye couple and their only son has revealed that he committed the act because the couple refuse to increase his salary.

According to Lekan Adekanbi who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command alongside his accomplices said I masterminded the dastardly act.”

“I invited the other two suspects Ahmed Odetola a.k.a Akamo and Waheed Adeniyi a.k.a  Koffi to come and join me to rob the couple. I took the step because the couple refused to increase my salary, and when I approached them for a loan to buy a motorcycle, they didn’t oblige.

Adekanbi stated further that on that faithful day, my two accomplices waited for the couple to come back from crossover service since I had access to the house and we pounced on them immediately they entered the house.”

When asked why the dog in the house did not attack them, Adekanbi stated that the dog is very familiar with me because I am the person who always feeds it.

Having got hold of the couple, we forced the husband, Kehinde Fatinoye to transfer money from his account to “Kuda” bank account of Ahmed Odetola, but the transfer failed. It was then that I gave the deceased his Access bank account to which the sum of #1,102,000 (One million one hundred and two thousand) was transferred at gunpoint.”

“Since I realized that my identity has been known through his bank account, I decided with others to terminate the life of the couple, consequent upon which Waheed Adeniyi a.k.a Koffi took a knife from their kitchen and slaughtered the husband Kehinde Fatinoye, while I used sledge hammer I purposely brought for the operation to hit the wife Bukola Fatinoye on the head and she died on the spot.

While the operation was going on, their son Oreoluwa Fatinoye and their adopted son, Felix Olorunyomi walked in and we pounced on them too, tied them with rope and drove them to Ogun River Bridge at Adigbe where we throw the two of them into the river.”

Webteam@Ipledge2nigeria learned that, the suspects were arrested after the two teams, in compliance with the CP’s directive, embarked on a technical and intelligence-driven investigation and traced the movement of the suspect to his elder brother in Iseyin, Oyo State, but he had left the place before the arrival of the police.

The teams further intensified their efforts which yielded positive results, when Lekan Adekanbi was apprehended in his hideout somewhere in Abeokuta on the 21st of January 2023.

 Confirming their arrest SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command said the suspects were arrested following there investigation by men of the Command, as a result of the gruesome murder of the couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye and their only son Oreoluwa Fatinoye.

The couple were killed in the most gruesome manner on the eve of the New year celebration immediately after they returned from Cross-over service, and the murderers also set their corpses ablaze to cover their tracks.

Upon the report of the dastardly act, the Commissioner of Police directed the Homicide section of the State criminal investigation Department to take over the case and ensure that the culprits were brought to justice.

Explaining further, Oyeyemi said in the course of the investigation,  Lekan Adekanbi, a driver to the deceased family, was arrested based on circumstantial evidence, while the investigation continues. The arrested suspect Lekan Adekanbi suddenly collapsed in the cell on the 2nd of January 2023, and he was rushed to the hospital for medical care. But while in the hospital receiving treatment, he escaped through the fence of the hospital. His escape further confirmed the police’s suspicion of his involvement in the case.

There and then, the Commissioner of Police ordered the State anti-kidnapping unit to join forces with the homicide unit to get the escaped driver and his accomplices arrested.

Waheed Adeniyi a.k.a Koffi and Ahmed Odetola a.k.a Akamo were both apprehended at Ogere on Thursday 9th of February 2023.

The three suspects who are members of Aye confraternity have all confessed to their various roles in the gruesome and callous murder of the family.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba has ordered the suspects to be charged to court as soon as possible. 

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