Lekan Adekanbi, the driver of the former employee of Central Bank of Nigeria, Kehinde Fatinoye, yesterday, confessed to killing the Fatinoyes.

Fatinoye, his wife, Bukola, a former Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) and their only son, were gruesomely murdered on New Year Day, because according to him, “the couple refused to increase his salary, and grant his loan request to buy a motorcycle.”

It would be recalled that the couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye were killed in the most gruesome manner at their apartment at the GRA Abeokuta, Ogun State, on New Year Day, immediately they returned from the crossover service. The murderers also set their bodies ablaze to cover their crime.

Adekanbi a.k.a Koroba, who had been the couple’s driver since 2018, made the confession after his arrest and his two accomplices – Ahmed Odetola a.k.a Akamo and Waheed Adeniji a.k.a Koffi, confessed to the operatives of the state Police Command that he invited the other two suspects to join him to rob his boss.

Adekanbi revealed that himself and his two accomplices waited for the couple to return from the crossover service since he had access to the house and they pounced on them immediately they entered the house.

When asked why the Alsatian dog in the house did not attack them, he stated that the dog was very familiar with him being the person who always fed it.
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“When we got hold of the couple, we forced the husband to transfer money from his account to Odetola’s Kuda Bank account, but the transfer failed. It was then I gave the deceased my Access Bank account detail, where N1, 102,000 was transferred at gunpoint.”

When he realised that his identity had been revealed through the bank account, they decided to kill the couple. Adeniyi took a knife from their kitchen and stabbed the husband, while Adekanbi used sledge hammer he purposely brought for the operation to hit the wife on the head and she died on the spot.

It was learnt that while the operation was going on, their only son, Oreoluwa and their adopted son, Felix Olorunyomi walked in and the hoodlums pounced on them too, tied them with rope and drove them to Ogun River Bridge at Adigbe, where they threw both of them into the river.

Luck, however, smiled at Olorunyomi, who managed to swim out of the river. But, Oreoluwa was not that lucky, as his body was recovered the following day.

The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who revealed that Adeniyi and Odetola were both apprehended at Ogere on Thursday, February 9, 2023, said the three suspects were members of Aiye Confraternity and have confessed to their various roles in the callous murder of the family.

He said the arrest was made following intelligence based on investigation embarked upon by men of the command.
“Upon the report of the dastardly act, the Commissioner of Police directed the Homicide Section of the state Criminal Investigation Department to take over the case and ensure that the culprits were brought to justice,” he said.

In the course of investigation, Adekanbi, a driver to the deceased family, was arrested based on circumstantial evidence, while investigation continues. The arrested suspect suddenly collapsed in the cell on January 2, 2023, and he was rushed to the hospital for medical care.

“But while in the hospital receiving treatment, he suddenly jumped from the bed and escaped through the fence of the hospital. His escape further confirmed to the police suspicion of his involvement in the case.

“There and then, the Commissioner of Police ordered the state anti kidnapping unit to join forces with the homicide unit in order to get the escaped driver and his accomplices arrested.
“The two teams, in compliance with the CP’s directive, embarked on technical and intelligence driven investigation and traced the movement of the suspect to his elder brother in Iseyin, Oyo State, but he had left the place before the arrival of the police.

The teams further intensified their effort, which yielded positive results, when Adekanbi was apprehended in his hideout somewhere in Abeokuta on January 21, 2023.