The Police Command in Kwara State has confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler, Oba Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria late Thursday in llorin added that the king’s assailants also kidnapped his wife.
“The gunmen invaded the residence of the traditional ruler in the evening, killed him and went away with his wife”, deyemi-Tohun explained.
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The Police spokesperson noted that some police personnel, led by the Divisional Police Officer in Koro-Ekiti, were already at the palace of the late traditional ruler.
“They have began investigations into the whereabouts of the killers, as well as the abductors of the late king’s wife”, she added.
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