An Akure, Ondo State Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded four persons over the alleged murder of Olufunke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti.
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Okedayo was kidnapped by gunmen, described as herdsmen, at Akoko Junction on the Igara-Auchi Road, together with his driver on their way to Edo State
The Herdsmen terrorism in Nigeria has lasted because the victims are typically the ordinary people. Consider, for instance, two recent killings, in which the victims happened to be an ordinary man of God and a daughter of a prominent politician.
Afenifere stated this on Sunday in a statement by its spokesman, Yinka Odumakin
Adams, who said though the Yoruba nation will not go to war over the spate of kidnapping, armed robbery, herdsmen invasion and banditry in the South West, spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Thursday when he paid a condolence visit to the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, over the killing of his daughter, Funke Olakunrin, by suspected herdsmen.
Olakunri was killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen along the Benin-Ore Expressway on July 12.
The National Secretary of MACBAN, Baba Ngelzarma, made the call in his remark during a visit of a delegation of the association to the national leadership of CAN on Wednesday in Abuja
The elder statesman in a statement released on behalf of the Rescue Mission Group of Oyo State, through their media spokesman, Marufh Bello, said the statement by Tinubu was unbecoming of a true son of Yoruba.
Reacting to the news of the death of their classmate, members of the 1973/77 Set of Olivet Baptist High School, Olivet Heights, Oyo, condemned the dastardly murder of Olakunrin and called on the Federal Government to restore confidence in the citizenry by promptly apprehending her killers, prosecuting them and putting an end to the rising spate of unchecked killings and kidnap of innocent citizens.
President Muhammadu Buhari has frowned at those criticizing his administration over isolated security challenges in some parts of the country.
The Senate had in February 2018 organised a two-day National Security Summit chaired by Senator Ahmad Lawan when he was the Senate Leader.
The Presidency has warned the country’s leaders on their comments on the killing of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has sent a letter to the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, on the killing of his daughter, Funke Olakunrin, by armed men on Friday.
Tinubu, in a condolence letter to Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the Afenifere Leader, over the death of his daughter, Funke Olakunrin, said taking such steps would honour her life.
Obi made the call in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.
Condoling with the family, Otunba Daniel said he was personally grieved by the development which has further exposed us as a nation where life is gradually becoming very cheap.
The apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has reacted to the news of the killing of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
The Senate on Sunday condoled with the family of Afenifere leader and elder statesman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, over Friday’s murder of his daughter, Funke Olakunrin, along Akure-Ore Road in Ondo State.
A statement issued by Baba Ngelzarma, the National Secretary of the association, on Saturday in Abuja, said MACBAN commiserated with Fasoranti on the death of his daughter.
The PDP also lamented the unpardonable lethargy in apprehending Olakunrin’s
killers since Friday.