Man beheads VIO for seizing his cell phone in Ekiti State

The Ekiti State Police Command have arrested a 25 year old man, Wale Ede for allegedly beheading a Vehicle Inspection Officer, Joshua Fagbola. Fagbola who is 50 years old and a father of seven, was a patrol assistant with the Directorate of Road Traffic Service, otherwise known as the Vehicle Inspection Officer, in Ado Ekiti, before he met his untimely death at the wake of a relative on Friday at about 8pm in the Iro quarters of Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Ede attacked Fagbola when he was about to start the engine of his motorbike and leave the venue of the wake. Fagbola had reportedly seized the cell phone of his suspected killer when he failed to supply the brick block for which he had been paid. According to an eye witness, when Ede saw the VIO at the wake, he 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, who confirmed the incident said the suspect was being held at the Criminal Investigation Department at the police headquarters in Ado Ekiti. He said, “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.