The kidnapping and murder of Chief Oladepo Asaolu, Babaloja of Ora-Igbomina, Oke-Ila Local Government Area, Osun State, has been revealed by the Osun State Police Command. According to the command, in a statement issued on Sunday in Osogbo by its spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, the complaint of Chief Asaolu’s kidnapping was filed by Oladepo Olasunkanmi at around 12:30pm on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at the Oke-Ila Police Division.
“At about 2230hrs one Oladepo Olasunkanmi ‘M’ of Kereja Area Ora-Igbomina under the Oke-Ika Police Division reported that his father Chief Oladepo Asaolu left his house at Kereja Ora-Igbomina at about 0500hrs of 05/10/2022 with an unknown commercial motorcyclist and yet to return home after four (4) days“. According to the statement.
“Upon intelligence-led investigation, the arrest of the motorcyclist was made. He revealed the forest where the victim was killed and dumped.
“The DPO led a team of policemen and some vigilante men in search of the victim in Akisa forest Ora-Igbomina where the victim has a farm, together with Sunday Johnson (motorcyclist), the suspect to where the victim was found already decomposing.”
According to the statement, the arrest of Sunday Johnson has led to the arrest of three other suspects who have already admitted to their involvement in the victim’s kidnapping and murder.
Opalola added that arrangements were being made to bring Chief Asaolu’s remains to the nearest morgue while the case had been handed to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for investigation.
