Ogun Police Arrest Three Friends For New Year Day Murder

The three suspects involved in the killing of the Fatinoye couple and their only son have been apprehended by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command. 

According to a release signed by the Command's Public Relations Officer, SP Abímbólá Oyemi, the suspects, Lekan Adekanbi a.k.a Koroba, Ahmed Odetola a.k.a Akamo and Waheed Adeniji a.k.a Koffi were all arrested following painstaking intelligence based investigation embarked upon by men of the Command, as a result of the gruesome murder of the couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye and their only son Oreoluwa Fatinoye.

Oyeyemi disclosed that upon the report of the couple's gruesome murder, the Commissioner of Police directed the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department to take over the case and ensure that the culprits were brought to justice."In the course of investigation, one Lekan Adekanbi, a driver to the deceased family, was arrested based on circumstantial evidence, while investigation continued.

The arrested suspect collapsed in the cell on 2nd January, 2023 and was rushed to the hospital for medical care. But while in the hospital receiving treatment, he suddenly jumped from the bed and escaped through the fence of the hospital. His escape further confirmed the police suspicion of his involvement in the case", Oyeyemi stated.

The Command's spokesman confirmed that the Commissioner of Police thereafter ordered the State Anti Kidnapping Unit to join forces with the Homicide Unit in order to get the escaped driver and his accomplices arrested.

The two teams, in compliance with the CP’s directive, embarked on technical and intelligence driven investigation and traced the movement of the suspect to his elder brother in Iseyin, Oyo State, but he had left the place before the arrival of the police.

The teams further intensified their efforts which yielded positive results, when Lekan Adekanbi was apprehended in his hideout somewhere in Abeokuta on 21st January 2023.

On interrogation, Adekanbi who had been the couple’s driver since 2018 confessed to being the mastermind of the dastardly act. He stated that he invited the other two suspects Ahmed Odetola a.k.a Akamo and Waheed Adeniyi a.k.a  Koffi to join him in order to rob the couple. Oyeyemi further stated that "the suspect confessed that he took the step because the couple refused to increase his salary, and that he approached them for a loan to buy a motorcycle, but they didn’t oblige him.

He stated further that on that fateful day, himself and his two accomplices waited for the couple to come back from crossover service since he had access to the house and they pounced on them immediately they entered the house".

"When asked why the Asatian dog in the house did not attack them, he stated that the dog was very familiar with him being the person who always fed it.

Having got hold of the couple, they forced the husband, Kehinde Fatinoye to transfer money from his account to “Kuda” Bank account of Ahmed Odetola, but the transfer failed. It was then Lekan Adekanbi gave the deceased his own Access bank account to which the sum of One million one hundred and two thousand Naira (₦ 1,100,000) was transferred at gunpoint.

Since Lekan realized that his identity had been known through his bank account, he decided with others to terminate the lives of the Fatinoye couple, consequent upon which Waheed Adeniyi took a knife from their kitchen and slaughtered the husband Kehinde Fatinoye, while Lekan Adekanbi used sledge hammer he purposely brought for the operation to hit the wife Bukola Fatinoye on the head and she died on the spot.

The police also reported that "while the operation was going on, the only son of the deceased, Oreoluwa Fatinoye and their adopted son, Felix Olorunyomi walked in and the hoodlums pounced on them too, tied them with ropes and drove them to Ogun River Bridge at Adigbe where they threw the two of them into the river.

Luck however smiled at Felix Olorunyomi when the rope on his hands loosed and he was able to swim out of the river. But Oreoluwa was not that lucky as his dead body was recovered the following day".

It was contained in the statement that Waheed Adeniyi and Ahmed Odetola were both apprehended at Ogere on Thursday 9th  February, 2023.

"The three suspects who are members of Aye confraternity have all confessed to their various roles in the gruesome and callous murder of the family.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police, CP Frank Mba has ordered the suspects be charged to court as soon as possible", Oyeyemi stated.