Assailants kill policeman, wife in Ekiti

Unknown assailants have killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Caleb Leranmo, and his wife, Taiwo Leranmo, in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State.

The Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, confirmed this via a statement on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.

Abutu said the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, has directed the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to immediately conduct a thorough investigation to ascertain the cause of the couple’s death.

It was gathered that the couple was gruesomely murdered at their residence in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, February 18.

The late ASP was serving with the Ekiti State Police Command until his death.

Abutu said the police received a distress call at about 7 a.m. on Tuesday that a murder incident occurred at Igirigiri Road in the Odo-Ado area of Ado-Ekiti.

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He said police operatives from Odo-Ado Division were immediately deployed to the scene.

According to the police spokesman, on getting there, the ASP was found in a pool of his blood with his private part severed.

He added that the police officer’s wife was also found beside her husband in a pool of her blood with brutal head injuries.

The couple was rushed to the hospital where they were both confirmed dead by a medical doctor,” Abutu stated.

Abutu said their bodies were later deposited in the morgue for preservation and further medical examination.

Abutu added that a cutlass, which was found with blood stains, was recovered from the scene of the incident.

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