The Police command in Ekiti State has apprehended a 33-year old man, Kazeem Babalola, for reportedly murdering three persons in Ado Ekiti metropolis.

According to the police, Babalola reportedly murdered a man identified as Soji and two others, Adeola Adebayo and Tope Gana, at different locations in 2018 and fled, until he was spotted after a series of probes.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Asuquo Amba, who paraded the suspect and others in Ado Ekiti on Monday, said on May 28, 2019, at about 10pm, the suspect, who confessed to be a member of the  supreme Eiye Confraternity group was apprehended in Ado Ekiti by the Special Anti Robbery Squad after a tip off.

He said: “The suspect was alleged to have been involved in the killing of one Soji ‘m’ at Orita Blessing Area, Okeila, Ado Ekiti sometime in December, 2018 and Tope Gana at Atikankan Area, Ado Ekiti in the month of January, 2019.

“The suspect is also alleged to belong to the group of armed men who shot at one Adebayo Adeola at Yahooze barbing shop, Okeila Ado Ekiti in 2018.”

Explaining how the suspect assaulted Adeola,  Amba said: “On  May 28, at about 7.30pm  based on the antecedent of the suspect which was known by his victim, the suspect attacked the complainant, stripped her naked and damaged her Itel handset in order to destroyed evidence of his criminal antecedents.”

The CP added that on May 2, 2019, that his officers and men apprehended one other suspect, Omotoyinbo Samuel, a suspected notorious bandit, after being trailed to the residence of one Ajewole Peter at Ilesa, Osun State.

Amba said:  “On arrival of the command operatives at the scene, Ajewole Peter was arrested while Omotoyinbo Samuel escaped.

“The arrested suspect led the command operatives to Iyin Ekiti where a locally-made single-barrel gun; one of the guns they are using to commit armed robbery was recovered. Investigation revealed that the suspects have committed a series of armed robberies in Ekiti State and its environs. Investigation is still in progress.”

The CP disclosed that the police also apprehended one Theddeaus Diala after he and his gang members trailed one Fasanmi Gabriel from United Bank for Africa in Ado Ekiti where he went to collect a sum of N2 million.

The CP said Fasanmi alerted the police which led to the apprehension of the suspect.

“Upon investigation, the arrested suspect confessed that he and two other members of the group namely: Eze Ikechukwu and Okechukwu second name unknown and presently at large wanted to rob Fasanmi Gabriel.

“Investigation was intensified and another member of the gang namely Eze Ikechukwu was arrested and both confessed that they had robbed in about ten places within Ado metropolis and so many places in Akure, Ondo State and Osogbo, Osun State respectively.

“Among their victims in Ado Ekiti are Fasanmi Gabriel and Esan Abiodun.”

The CP asserted that exhibits recovered from the suspects were one master key which they were using to force open vehicles of their victims and one Toyota Camry car with Registration Number RRT 09NZ suspected to be stolen.”

He said the suspects further confessed that “they were formerly robbing in Ghana before coming to Nigeria and that their group was made up of nine men who were presently at large.”

The CP revealed that all the suspects will be prosecuted to court after the conclusion of probes.