The chairman of Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State, Mr Micheal Ogungbemi, says four people suspected of killing an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Segun Ayebulu, and abducting his family members have been arrested.
Ogungbemi who made this known on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti said that the suspects were arrested by Ajoni community vigilance group, code named ‘Operation Eradicate Bandits’.
The chairman said members of the vigilance group arrested the suspects while on patrol along the border between Ekiti and Kwara states.
According to him, the suspects had allegedly confessed to killing the NSCDC officer and kidnapping his family members.
Ogungbemi said that two AK47 rifles were recovered from the suspects, who were being detained at Ikole Ekiti police station.
Ayebulu was shot dead by gunmen on September 3, along Oke-Ako-Irele-Ekiti Road while driving home to Kogi together with some members of his family.
Source: NAN
