The principal suspect in the killing of Fatinoye couple and their only son has been arrested by Police in Ogun state.
The suspect, Lekan Adekanbi and two others namely Ahmed Odetola and Waheed Adeniji were arrested following intelligence based investigation embarked upon by men of the command, as a result of the gruesome murder of the couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fationye and their only son, Oreoluwa Fationye.
Recall that the couple were gruesomely murdered on the eve of the New year celebration immediately after returning from cross-over service.
Parading the suspects on Friday at the State Police headquarters, Eleweran in Abeokuta, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the murderers also set the couple ablaze after killing them.
Oyeyemi said while the operation was ongoing, the only son of the deceased, Oreoluwa Fatinoye, and their adopted son, Felix Olorunyomi walked in and the hoodlums pounced on them too, tied them with rope, and drove them to Ogun river bridge at Adigbe where they threw the two of them into the river.
The Police PRO, however, said luck smiled at Felix Olorunyomi when the rope on his hand lose and he was able to swim out of the river, but Oreoluwa was not lucky as his dead body was recovered the following day.
He added that, Lekan who is the driver of the deceased forced the husband, Kehinde Fatinoye to transfer money from his account to Kuda bank account of Ahmed Odetola, but the transfer failed.
He stressed that, Lekan Adekanbi thereafter gave the deceased his own Access bank account to which the sum of One million, One hundred and two thousand was transferred at gun point.
He maintained that, since Lekan realized that his identity has been known through his bank account, he decided with others to terminate the life of the couple, consequent upon which Waheed Adeniyi took a knife and slaughtered the husband, while Lekan Adekanbi used sledge hammer he purposely brought for the operation to hit the wife Bukola on the head and she died on the spot.
While speaking with journalists, the principal suspect, Lekan Adekanbi confessed to have masterminded the dastardly act.
He started he invited the other two suspects Ahmed Adetola and Waheed Adeniyi to come and join him in order to rob the couple.
He confessed further that, he took the decision because the couple refused to increase his salary, and when he approached them for loan to buy motorcycle, they denied him assistance.
