Kehinde, one of the sons of
Reuben Fasoranti, Afenifere leader, says some policemen told him that suspected
herdsmen carried out the attack which led to the death of his sister.
Olakunrin, 58, was murdered along
Benin-Ore highway while returning to Lagos after visiting her father in Akure,
Ondo state capital, on Friday.
Yinka Odumakin, spokesman of
Afenifere, had blamed the incident on suspected herdsmen but the police said
bandits were responsible for the attack.
When he visited the residence of
Fasoranti to commiserate with the family, Undie Adie, commissioner of police in
the state, said the identity of the killers had not been established.
“All we know is that these are
bandits that came to the road and started firing sporadically at motorists that
were driving on the highway. That is what it is, there is no person that can
say specifically that they were herdsmen. What we know is that they are bandits
and we are going after them,” he said.
But Kehinde, who recovered the
corpse of his late sister from Ore, told journalists that some police officers
he met at Ore police station confirmed to him that the late Olakurin was killed
by herdsmen.
“We need to get the story
straight. The way they operated, according to what the police said, is the way
herdsmen operate,” he said.
“Six people were in front
shooting at them. The driver put the car in reverse but unknown to him, some
men were in the bush and started shooting from the side and at the back. The
story that these are just bandits is a lie. If you want records, request the
report I made at the Ore police station. They categorically said the attackers
were herdsmen.”
The death of Olakunrin has once
again raised concern about the high level of insecurity in the country.
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May the soul of your sister rest in peace. If this was Tinubu's daughter i am sure he will not be saying the rubbish about the killers not being fulani.
ReplyDeleteYour sister's driver who actually saw the assailants didn't call them fulani herdsmen, but, said that they wore masks. You're not at the scene, but, you rely on what some front desk police men want you to believe.
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