A joint operation, comprising the Police, military, Directorate of the State Security (DSS), Vigilante/Hunters in Kwara state, has rescued the widow of the assassinated traditional ruler in the state and arrested 13 kidnap suspects.
In a statement early Tuesday morning by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state Command, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, said that the rescue of the wife to the late monarch and one other was successfully effected at about 10:30 pm on Monday.
“Kwara state police command wishes to update the good people of Kwara state on the case of assassination of the Olukoro of Koro Kingdom, Late Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, who was gruesomely murdered in his palace on February 1, 2024.
“In the course of investigation, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, approved the deployment of a police chopper for aerial surveillance. This is to help comb the forest/boundary between Kwara and Ekiti states”.
