How Olalekan Ogunranti was murdered by scammers

The mutilated body of late Olalekan Ogunranti, kidnapped on May 16 by gunmen in Osun State was recovered by policemen at Ibukun River in Ibukun Local Government Area of the state. murderers

The former Managing Director, Today’s Prints Ltd., was allegedly killed by his kidnappers to prevent him from demanding for the large sum of money the suspects fraudulently collected from him. Police said Asimiyu Agboola, Adesina Muyideen, Ramoni Afolabi, Akeem Akorede and Coker Daniel confessed that they kidnapped, killed and mutilated the body of the late Olalekan Ogunranti to stop him from disturbing them over huge sums of money they stripped from the deceased.

A statement by the Force Public Relations officer, DCP Donald Awunah, said Coker Daniel, one of the suspects, led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, operatives to Ibukun River, where the mutilated body of late Ogunranti was recovered and then deposited at LAUTECH Oshogbo, and other suspects arrested in Lagos and Ondo.

Awunah said the arrests were glaring evidence of the proactive nature of the Nigeria Police Force in the new dispensation, assuring Nigerians that they will always ensure the security of lives and properties.

He said: “The Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on assumption of office ordered the IRT of the IGP’s Monitoring Unit to take over the matter and ensure the arrest of the culprits in record time. “The team swung into action, using all the technical resources of the Force available to them for the arrest of five prime suspects.”
Source:Vanguard