The Ekiti Police State Command has paraded one Alhaji Baboga for his alleged involvement in the killing of two traditional rulers in the Ikole area of the state.

The monarchs were killed while returning from a security meeting in Ekiti State on January 29, 2024.

Addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Sunday, February 4, the Assistant Inspector-General of police (AIG) in charge of Ekiti State, Dare Ogundare, said it took the combined efforts of security agencies in the state to apprehend the suspect in the forest between Ayedun and Ayebode areas of the state.

Ogundare said the suspect had confessed to the crime, adding that efforts were ongoing to apprehend his accomplices.

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The AIG, who said no arrest was made during the rescue operation for the abducted school pupils and their teachers, however, informed journalists that some other suspects had been arrested at Oke Osun in Ikere Ekiti, Igbo Okah, and Iju-Ikere boundary forest.

On whether ransom was paid to secure the release of the Emure abductees, the police boss said the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) would never encourage ransom payment.

He commended the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, for their intervention in the quick release of the pupils and their teachers.

Answering questions from newsmen, the suspect in the killing of the traditional rulers, Baboga, confirmed his involvement in the crime.

The Star