Police Nab Killers Of Afenifere Leader’s Daughter, Funke Olakunrin 8 Months After

The police have announced the arrest of four suspects over the murder of Funke Olakurin, the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of the Afenifere Yoruba social cultural group.

The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

The suspects, according to Mba, were arrested on April 4 during investigation into a robbery and kidnapping case in Ogun State.

The Force PRO said the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, had deployed the Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Fimihan Adeoye, to coordinate a massive manhunt for the killers.

He said IGP Adamu directed Special Forces and investigators from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Federal SARS, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) from the Force Headquarters to carry out the investigation.

“Having established sufficient physical and forensic evidence linking the suspects to the murder of Olakunrin, the investigators were determined to clear all doubts relating to their findings.

“An Identification Parade was conducted on April 8 at the Federal SARS Headquarters, Lagos and that led to the positive and physical identification of the three suspects by a survivor of the earlier crime.

“The survivor gave a clear description of the roles each of the identified suspects played in the killing.

“At this point, the suspects capitulated and voluntarily offered a no-holds-barred confession on how Mrs Funke Olakunrin was killed,” he said.

Mba added that investigations have so far revealed that the operation that led to the murder of Olakunrin was carried out by eight fully armed kidnap/robbery suspects.

He said the leader of the gang was currently at large, but added that the four arrested suspects were in the custody of the police.

Mba said that efforts were being intensified to arrest the four remaining suspects who were currently on the run.

IGP Adamu was said to have also declared the principal suspect wanted for his involvement in the death of Olakunrin.

“The principal suspect is a Nigerian, speaks Hausa, Fulfulde and Pidgin English. He is fair in complexion and in his late 20s – between the age of 27 and 30.

“His last known address is Isanlu, Kogi and has visible scar from stitches on his forehead down to his nose and mouth,”he said.

Olakurin was murdered on July 12, 2019 along the Ondo-Ore road in Ondo State.