Killers of NSCDC officer arrested in Ekiti State.
Four suspected killers of a Nigerian Service and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) officer identified as Segun Ayebulu, in Ekiti State last week have been arrested.
Reports says the arrest was possible with the aid of local hunters and multiple security agencies.
Mr Ayebulu was travelling with three of his relatives along the Oke-Ako/Irele Road when he encountered his killers on 3rd September.
He was said to be on his way to his hometown in Ogbe, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, when the incident happened.
The killers shot at his vehicle and he died from bullet wounds.
They eventually abducted other occupants of the vehicles and only released them after collecting N5 million as ransom.
The Chairman of Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State, Micheal Ogungbemi, confirmed to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested by Ajoni Local Security Network, codenamed Operation Eradicating Bandits at the Borders of Rural Ajoni Communities (EBBORAC).
“They had confessed to have perpetrated the killing of the NSCDC operative and kidnapping of his family members,” Mr Ogungbemi said.
“They had confessed to have perpetrated the killing of the NSCDC operative and kidnapping of his family members,” Mr Ogungbemi said.
“If not for the prompt action I took, they would have been mobbed by angry youth.
“Since the incident happened, our men have not rested. We have been combing the surrounding bushes at the border area. We are sounding a warning to criminals that Ekiti is not in any way safe for them.”
“They are presently being detained at the police station in Ikole Ekiti.”
