The police in
Ekiti have arrested a man named Wale Ede, 25, for allegedly beheading a
50-year-old, Joshua Fagbola, an officer working with Vehicle Inspection
Authority.
It was learnt
that Fagbola, father of seven, a patrol assistant with the Directorate of Road
Traffic Service, aka.Vehicle Inspection Officer, met his untimely death at the
wake of a relative on Friday at about 8pm in the Iro quarters of Iyin Ekiti,
Ekiti State,when Ede attacked him as he was about to start his
motorbike and leave the venue of the wake.
The deceased had
on Thursday reportedly seized the cell phone of his suspected killer when he
failed to supply the brick block for which he had been paid. An eye witness
said Ede, on sighting the VIO at the wake, had rushed home to fetch a machete
and inflicted cuts on the deceased’s neck and other parts of the body.
The Ekiti Police
Public Relations Officer, Alberto Adeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police,
confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Sunday.
“The suspect
attacked the deceased from behind at the wake and almost cut his head off. It
was reported that the deceased had on Thursday seized the suspect’s cell phone
for failing to provide the blocks he had paid him for.
“The suspect is
being held at the state CID and we are still investigating the matter,” Adeyemi
said.
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