Why we killed Ogun couple, driver confesses

The three suspected killers of an Abeokuta- based couple in Ogun State and their son have been paraded by the police command in the state.

City & Crime recalls that a couple, Mr and Mrs Bukola Fatinoye and their son, Oreoluwa, were murdered on January 1, 2023, in their house in Ibara Housing Estate.

The suspects, who also set the house ablaze, were arrested barely 40 days after committing the act.

During the parade, the spokesman of the police in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, explained that, “During interrogation, Lekan Adekanbi, who had been the couple’s driver since 2018, confessed to being the mastermind of the dastardly act. He stated that he invited the other two suspects, Ahmed Odetola, a.k.a Akamo, and Waheed Adeniyi, a.k.a Koffi, to come and join him in order to rob the couple. He confessed further that he took the step because the couple refused to increase his salary and that he approached them for a loan to buy a motorcycle but they didn’t oblige him.

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“He further stated that on that fateful day, himself and his two accomplices waited for the couple to come back from crossover service since he had access to the house and they pounced on them immediately they entered the house.”

Speaking with newsmen, the driver said, “I didn’t intend to kill my boss and her husband. I just wanted to collect money from them. They employed me as a driver but later they added to my duties home cleaning, washing clothes and feeding the dog.

“I asked for an increase in my salary after adding to my duties. I was being paid N25,000, which is not enough for me to feed myself and my family.

“I also asked him for a loan to be deducted from my salary for a year so as to allow me to raise money for investment. When I made my request to the husband, he said I should not worry.

“After two years, I decided to remind him on his birthday in June, but he didn’t do anything.

“So, I decided that I will collect my money from them. I planned with someone in my area. He collected N40,000 from me to borrow a gun. The man refused to borrow the gun. He deceived me.”

Speaking of the operation, he said the third suspect, Koffi, who was the one who killed the couple by cutting off their heads before setting the house ablaze.

He said, “I’m not the one that killed them; it was Koffi who killed the man and his wife.

“Koffi told me to take the woman from the room to the compound. He looked for a knife and cut the man’s head. When he was done, he asked me to bring the wife back to the room. When we entered we saw blood on the floor.

“Koffi used the same knife to cut the woman’s head and she fell down. He asked if we had petrol. We found petrol inside a gallon which we used to set the house ablaze.”