Police confirm murder of Kwara traditional ruler, kidnapping of wife
The police command in Kwara on Thursday in Ilorin confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler, Oba Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti LGA.
CSP Ejire Adeyemi-Tohun, the command’s spokeswoman, confirmed this in an interview late Thursday night in llorin.
She added that the king’s assailants also kidnapped his wife.
“The gunmen invaded the residence of the traditional ruler in the evening and killed him and went away with his wife,” the police officer said.
According to her, some police personnel, led by the divisional police officer (DPO) in Koro-Ekiti, were already at the palace of the late traditional ruler.
“They have begun investigations into the whereabouts of the killers, as well as the abductors of the late king’s wife,” she said.
(NAN)
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