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B00M: How Ekiti Varsity Students Killed Robbery Suspect, Others Flee

Faith Ukanwa

Jun 15, 2021

Angry students of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has allegedly beaten to death a robbery suspect identified as Sunday Oluwasola.

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The incident happened on Sunday, June 13 after the suspect was caught in one of the student's hostels at Iworoko Ekiti

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According to report, Oluwasola, came in company of others to rob the students, unfortunately, he was caught while the others managed to escape.

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He was beaten to coma before the arrival of the police who rushed him to the hospital where he gave up.

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Reacting in a statement on Monday, June 14, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said;

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"On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at about 4.30pm, a distress call was received by the Command's Rapid Response Squad (RRS) that an armed robbery incident was going on in one of the Students' Hostels Opposite Ekiti State University, Iworoko-Ekiti.

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"The Operatives of the RRS were immediately deployed to the scene of incident. But on getting to the scene, it was discovered that one of the armed robbers, one Sunday Oluwasola, had already been captured by the irate students and beaten to stupor while the other suspects escaped with the students' valuables such as laptops, phones and money.

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"The captured suspect, Sunday Oluwasola, was eventually rescued by the operatives and taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

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"The suspect later developed complications possibly on account of the beating and died at about 0200hrs of June 14, 2021.

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"His corpse has been deposited in the morgue for post mortem while effort is ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspectsÔÇØ.

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According to Abutu, Oluwasola before his death, confessed to the crime and mentioned Tochukwu, Michael and Tomiwa, as his accomplices, who fled the scene of the incident.

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He said Items recovered from the suspects are: two locally made barrel guns, two cutlasses, two pliers and two human images calved with wood.

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— Faith Ukanwa

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