A Tiv man, identified as Sunday, and three other men from Benue State have allegedly burnt to death, the Onibedo of Ilotin Ekiti, Chief Sola Fatunla in a bush.
It was gathered that Sunday, who deals in charcoal, had earlier accused Fatunla of having a love affair with his wife, identified as Tadeni, but the matter was said to have been resolved when he realised that the chief and his wife were mere family friends and was said to have apologised to the chief.
According to source, the tragedy occurred on Sunday when Fatunla followed the culprit to the bush after he allegedly begged Fatunla to use his influence as a chief in Ikole Ekiti to plead with some people he claimed had seized his charcoal in the bush.
The source which pleaded anonymity said, “While accompanying him and Tadeni to where the charcoal was, Sunday seized him and three other persons who he had connived with to abduct Fatunla and Tadeni appeared from the bush around Iyemero Ekiti in the Ikole Local Government Area of the state and manhandled the chief and the lady.
The source added that “Both Fatunla and Tadeni were tied to different trees. The men beat Fatunla with their cutlasses and later poured petrol on him and set him ablaze. It was when they came back to mete out punishment to Tadeni that they realised that she had escaped.”
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It was reported that Sunday and his accomplices decided to escape through Patigi in Kwara State to Benue State using Fatunla’s motorcycle, but the men were apprehended by vigilantes in Patigi, who queried their mission at that time of the night.
It was said that when the vigilantes stopped Sunday and his accomplices to question them about their mission in the area, during the ongoing lockdown, the men were apprehended with Fatunla’s phone in Sunday’s pocket which proved to have been stolen by them and were handed over to the police in Kwara State.
Information gathered revealed that Fatunla’s remains have been deposited in the morgue and the suspects taken to Ikole Ekiti Police Division for transfer to police headquarters in Ado Ekiti.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti State, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident to journalists said, “There was a murder case. One of the chiefs in Ikole Ekiti was murdered on a farm. We are still trying to investigate the matter. I will get back to you on the details.”
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