By Charles Coffie Gyamfi, Abeokuta
Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, recovered the remains of Oreoluwa Fatinoye, the son of the couple who were killed by yet-to-be-identified assassins in Abeokuta, on New Year day.
The deceased was reportedly thrown into a river along the Adigbe – Obada road in Abeokuta, the state capital, after he was kidnapped by the assailants who murdered his parents.
The decomposing body of Oreoluwa was discovered floating on the river by fishermen on Tuesday morning, barely 24 hours after his parents were buried
The parents, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye were gruesomely murdered in the early hours of Sunday, January 1.
Oreoluwa and the housemaid were kidnapped by the assailants and the two were later thrown into a river along Adigbe – Obada area of the town.
The assailants after killing the couple, set ablaze their corpse and the house, located within the Ibara Government Reservation Area (GRA), Abeokuta.
The Guardian learnt that the killers trailed the couple to their residence from their church, where they had attended the Cross Over Service to usher in the New Year.
Both hands of Oreoluwa were tied with rope to the back, when a fisherman, Idowu Taiwo discovered the corpse.
The fisherman said the body was floating on the river while he was preparing for the day’s work.
“On Monday, we heard that someone was thrown into this river, but this morning while we were preparing for work, the police approached us and pleaded with us to inform them any time we discover the body.
“But, this morning, at about 7:30a.m., we discovered the body while we were checking on our equipment in the river. I called someone to help us get the number of the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi to tell him that we have discovered the body.
“Not long after, the police came and we showed them the body, after we had brought it to the river bank.
“The Police later took the corpse of Oreoluwa away in the presence of a family member of the Fatinoyes,” Idowu said.
MEANWHILE, the Command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the development, said the police had commenced investigation to unravel the mystery behind the death of the Fatinoyes.
Source: The Guardian
