A few days ago news surfaced online about the murder of Onise of Odo Oro, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin, by a man whomany thought was mentally unstable.
The suspect Omoniyi Ademola has revealed his reason for murdering the monarch saying he did so he could claim the throne.
Ademola was accused of stabbing the king to death in his palace on Wednesday shortly after the monarch held a council meeting with his chiefs.
Ademola spoke while he was being paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Bello Ahmed, at the police headquarters in Ado Ekiti on Friday.
He said his family had duly nominated him to take over from the late king but said the slain Oba hindered his ascension to the throne despite that the town had declared the seat vacant.
Recounting how the incident happened, Ademola said, “The crown didn’t belong to Oba Ogunsakin because the town had last year declared the seat vacant following the death of our Oba.
“My family nominated me to take over only for him to resurface again and said he remained the Oba. My family nominated me in December 2017, and since then, I have been trying to take over. That day when I got to the palace, it was the late Oba (Ogunsakin) that first attacked me and I attacked him back which led to his death.”
The CP, also slammed claims that Ademola was a lunatic.
“I am not a medical expert to know who is mentally unstable or not. But the fact remains that, how could a lunatic commit murder and run over 100 kilometres from the scene of the incident? So, commonsense dictates that he must have known what he was doing to have run from that town to Ado Ekiti,” the CP said.
The command also paraded 25 other suspects, who were arrested for cultism and murder. One of the suspects was one Toyin Ajakaye, who allegedly hanged a commercial motorcyclist (popularly known as okada rider) in his farm in Agbado Ekiti on Wednesday.
Ahmed said his men were closing in on the killers of the late Bunmi Ojo, a former commissioner in the Federal Character Commission, who was killed by gunmen on August 10.
He said, “We are on the trail of the killers, we have reached the advanced stage. Some suspects have been arrested and they are helping the police.
“Efforts are being intensified and we shall feed the public with the right information when we are ready to charge them to court.”
The CP added that 16 suspects had confessed to being members of Aye and Eye confraternities and would soon be charged to court.
He stated that weapons such as one cut-to-size gun, one cartridge, charms, a Toyota Camry car with the number plate, FKJ 912 DEK, one kitchen knife and one cutlass were recovered from them.
Ahmed added that four persons – Idowu Oluwole, Ganiyu Rasak, Ojo Ayomide and Asimile Efra – were arrested for stealing a Bajaj motorcycle from one victim in Ado Ekiti.
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