The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 19 persons for the murder of a former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ekiti State, Omolafe Aderiye.
According to The Punch, who quoted Mr. Victor Babayemi, the Ekiti Police Public Relations Officer, 19 persons, including one female, were arrested over the weekend. However, the suspects pleaded innocence, while investigation might proof otherwise.
“The 19 are being questioned in respect of the killing. This is to determine their level of culpability; it is not that they have been indicted. They are helping us in the investigation,” Babayemi said.
Aderiye was killed on Thursday. He was heading home when murder said to be around four stopped the former official and shot him down at close range. It happened in Ijigbo area of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Mr. Aderiye was a huge supporter of Governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose.
His death caused violence across the state on Friday. As a result, the house and cars of a former state chairman of the Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) were burned. Besides, there was a threat of reprisal by RTEAN members in the state.
Some vehicles burnt in Ado Ekiti. Photo: Vanguard
Meanwhile, the police on Monday held a peace-deal meeting with leading traditional rulers in Ekiti State. Babayemi said the essence was to find a lasting solution to the recurring violence in the state.
Taiwo Lakanu, Ekiti State Commissioner of Police appealed to the traditional rulers, led by their chairman, the Onitaji of Itaji, Obama Adamo Babalola, to appeal to their subjects to give peace a chance. He expressed concerns over the recurring violence, which is destroying the image of the state.
At the meeting were presented the Ajero of Ijero, Adebayo Adewole; Oose of Efan-Ekiti, James Popoola; Owaoye of Okemesi, M.G. Adedeji; Alara of Aramoko, Olu Adegoke Adeyemi; Olooye of Oye Kingdom, Oluwole Ademolaju; and Onisan of Isan, Sunday Ajiboye.
A source of The Punch at the meeting said the traditional rulers agreed to work with the police to achieve peace in the state.
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