Prime suspect in Abeokuta Couple’s murder escapes from police surveillance

 

NIGERIA - The prime suspect in the gruesome murder of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has escaped from the police custody, according to some reports. The police authority in the state have yet to confirm this development .

The suspect simply identified as Lekan escaped from police custody at Ibara Police Divisional Headquarters, after his arrest on Tuesday.

The suspect was said to have been driving Mrs Fatinoye for almost two years and was well known within the community of the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), where Fatinloye worked.

According to a family source, Lekan was taken into custody at Ibara Police Station after the house help, who also escaped assassination by the assailants, identified him as one of the killers at the scene.

It was further revealed that at the point of taking a statement from Lekan, he slumped and was almost lifeless, not known to the police that it was only an act and a ploy to escape lawful custody. Lekan was said to have been rushed to a police clinic at Zone II 

While trying to ‘rescue’ him, the source further revealed, Lekan suddenly woke up, caught the health workers unaware, took to his heels and escaped from the clinic.