The Ekiti State Police Command on Sunday, at its headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, paraded one Baboga Alhaji suspected of his involvement in the killing of the two traditional rulers in the Ikole area of Ekiti State last week Monday
Briefing journalists, the AIG in charge of Ekiti, Dare Ogundare, said the suspect was arrested in the forest between Ayedun and Ayebode by the combined efforts of police and other security agencies. The AIG, who said no arrest was made during the rescue operation of the abducted school pupils and their teachers but added that some suspects had been arrested at Oke Osun, in Ikere Ekiti, Igbo Okah and Iju-Ikere boundary forest.
Ogundare denied payment of ransom to secure the release of the abducted victims, noting that that the Nigeria Police would never encourage ransom payment.