Lekan Adekanbi, the suspected killer of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye has confessed to being the brain behind the crime.
He said he made an arrangement of a robbery operation to disposess the couple of their money following their refusal to increase his salary.
He said the couple also turned down his request to get a loan from them.
He narrated that he called on 2 other persons; Ahmed Odetola a.k.a Akamo, and Waheed Adeniyi a.k.a Koffi to assist him in carrying out the robbery of the couple.
Adekanbi, while expressing himself following his parade at the State Police Command headquarters, in Eleweran, Abeokuta, said “I took the step because the couple refused to increase my salary, and when I approached them for a loan to buy a motorcycle, they didn’t oblige.”
He also narrated that he and his accomplices attacked the couple as soon as they’re back from crossover service since they have access to the house.
He further explained that they made the husband transfer money from his account to the “Kuda” bank account of Ahmed Odetola, but the transfer was not successful.
“Since that failed, I gave the deceased my Access Bank account to which the sum of #1,102,000 (One million one hundred and two thousand) was transferred at gunpoint.
“When I realized that my identity had been known through my bank account, I decided with others to terminate the lives of the couple. That was when Waheed Adeniyi a.k.a Koffi took a knife from their kitchen and slaughtered the husband Kehinde Fatinoye, while I used a sledgehammer to hit the wife Bukola Fatinoye on the head and she died on the spot.”
Adekanbi added that the only surviving son of the deceased, Oreoluwa Fatinoye, and their adopted son, Felix Olorunyomi entered the house while the operation was ongoing.
He narrated that they tied their hands, drove them to Ogun River Bridge at Adigbe and threw the 2 of them into the river.
The spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi said, the command arrested the suspects following serious intelligence-based investigation conducted by operatives of the police command.
Oyeyemi said, “in the course of the investigation, Lekan Adekanbi, a driver to the deceased family, was arrested based on circumstantial evidence, while the investigation continues.
“The suspect, Lekan Adekanbi suddenly collapsed in the cell on the 2nd of January 2023, and he was rushed to the hospital for medical care.
“But while in the hospital receiving treatment, he suddenly jumped from the bed and escaped through the fence of the hospital.
“His escape further confirmed the police suspicion of his involvement in the intelligence-driven the Commissioner of Police ordered the State anti-kidnapping unit to join forces with the homicide unit in order to get the escaped driver and his accomplices arrested.
“The two teams, in compliance with the CP’s directive, embarked on a technical and intelligence-driven investigation and traced the movement of the suspect to his elder brother in Iseyin, Oyo State, but he had left the place before the arrival of the police.
“The teams further intensified their efforts which yielded positive results, when Lekan Adekanbi was apprehended in his hideout somewhere in Abeokuta on the 21st of January 2023.
“Waheed Adeniyi a.k.a Koffi and Ahmed Odetola a.k.a Akamo were both apprehended at Ogere on Thursday 9th of February 2023.
“The three suspects who are members of Aiye confraternity have all confessed to their various roles in the gruesome and callous murder of the family.”
