By Godwin Oritse
Sapele – AN Assistant Superintendent of Police, in charge of Eku Police Station, Delta State, Mr. Ayoola Adelodun, has been killed by an armed gang.
He was reportedly trailed from his office to his compound at Eku, and shot dead.
While the family was mourning the murder of their breadwinner, his son lost his life two days after in a motorcycle accident.
His body had since been deposited in the same morgue where his father’s remains were kept.
Delta State Police Public Relations Office, Mr. Charles Muka, confirmed the incidents.
He told our reporter that the DPO, Eku Police Station was shot in the stomach at the entrance of his compound along old Sapele Road, Eku, by a gang of hoodlums who trailed him from the office.
Muka said: “The officer was rushed to Obiaruku Catholic Hospital where he was confirmed dead. The corpse was deposited at Ufuoma Mortuary, Abraka.
“We arrested three suspects in connection with the killing, while the search for other fleeing suspects continues.”
On the death of the son, Muka said: “The son of the late DPO, Kayode Adelodun, 24, was involved in motorcycle accident and died, yesterday, at Catholic Hospital, Okpara Water Side. His corpse has also been deposited in Ufuoma Mortuary Abraka.”
via Vanguard
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