Man beheads Vehicle Inspection Officer for seizing his cell phone in ekiti

THE police in Ekiti have arrested a man, Wale
Ede, 25, for allegedly beheading a 50-year-old
Vehicle Inspection Officer and father of seven,
Joshua Fagbola.
Fagbola, a patrol assistant with the Directorate
of Road Traffic Service, otherwise known as the
Vehicle Inspection Officer, in Ado Ekiti, met his
untimely death at the wake of a relative on
Friday at about 8pm in the Iro quarters of Iyin
Ekiti, Ekiti State.
It was learnt that Ede attacked Fagbola when he
was about to start the engine of his motorbike
and leave the venue of the wake.
The deceased had on Thursday reportedly seized
the cell phone of his suspected killer when he
failed to supply the brick block for which he had
been paid.
An eye witness said Ede, on sighting the VIO at
the wake, had rushed home to fetch a machete
and inflicted cuts on the deceased's neck and
other parts of the body.
The Ekiti Police Public Relations Officer, Alberto
Adeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police,
confirmed the incident to our correspondent on
Sunday.
He said that the suspect was being held at the
Criminal Investigation Department at the police
headquarters in Ado Ekiti.
"The suspect attacked the deceased from behind
at the wake and almost cut his head off. It was
reported that the deceased had on Thursday
seized the suspect's cell phone for failing to
provide the blocks he had paid him for.
"The suspect is being held at the state CID and
we are still investigating the matter," Adeyemi
said.

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