The police in Ekiti
have arrested a man, Wale Ede, 25, for allegedly beheading a 50-year-old
Vehicle Inspection Officer and father of seven, Joshua Fagbola.
Fagbola, a patrol
assistant with the Directorate of Road Traffic Service, otherwise known as the
Vehicle Inspection Officer, in Ado Ekiti, met his untimely death at the wake of
a relative on Friday at about 8pm in the Iro quarters of Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State.
It was learnt that Ede
attacked Fagbola when he was about to start the engine of 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 Punch’s correspondent on Sunday.
He said that the
suspect was being held at the Criminal Investigation Department at the police
headquarters in Ado Ekiti.
“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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