The suspect who allegedly
stabbed the traditional ruler of Odo Oro Ekiti, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin to death,
on Friday confessed to the crime, saying he carried out the act to reclaim the
throne. Newsmen report that the 40-year-old Omonoyi Ademola, who was said
to be
mentally unstable before the crime, said he never knew the Oba would die.
Omoniyi, who looked unkempt
and unremorseful, shocked journalists with his eloquence and spoken English
when he was paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bello Muhammed,
along with 26 other suspects.
He claimed that the late
Oba first attacked him when he visited the palace to pass important information
to him. He said that he was told by the spirits and his family that it was the
turn of his clan to reign over the community, and based on this information he
headed for the palace on the fateful day.
“I never went to the palace
with the intention of killing the monarch,’’ according to him. Omoniyi
explained that it was when the Oba heard of the message he brought, that he
attacked him, claiming he did not know the monarch would die as a result of his
retaliation. Earlier, the commissioner of police had told journalists that he
did not believe Omoniyi was an insane person going by his conduct and actions
so far.
According to him, it is
illogical to think that a man said to be a mad person would kill a whole Oba
with a knife and choose to escape into the bush and later travelled down to Ado
Ekiti where he was later arrested. Muhammed also hinted on the arrest of a
number of persons suspected to have links with the recent murder of late Bunmi
Ojo, former Personal Assistant to former governor Segun Oni and one-time
Commissioner in the Federal Character Commission. He explained that the alleged
killers were not paraded on Friday in order not to jeopardise the efforts to
arrest those still at large.
The police boss said that
27 suspects had so far been picked in connection with various crimes in the
state, such as murder, cultism and armed robbery. He listed the suspects to
include 16 cultists, seven murder suspects and four armed robbery suspects.
However, he appealed to residents to continue to partner with the command in
its bid to rid the state of crimes.
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