A photojournalist, Ayo Aiyepeku, who was allegedly killed by an officer with the Nigeria Correction Service in Lokoja, was recovered by police in Kogi State last Sunday.
Aiyepeku’s body was discovered on Sunday evening in a bush near the JAMB , office, Lokoja, according to the command’s spokesman, William Aya, after residents of the area raised concerns about the late photographer’s decomposing body’s body odour.
He claimed that the corpse had been kept at Lokoja’s Kogi State Specialist Hospital, and that a thorough investigation would enable the police to find out what really happened.
The victim’s family, coworkers, and the general public were urged to provide reliable information to support the investigation by the Command’s Public Relations Officer.
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The late Ayo Aiyepeku’s family has been assured that justice will be done for the Kogi photojournalist by the Kogi State Government.
In a statement issued by Kingsley Fanwo, the commissioner for information and communications, the state governor, Usman Ododo, directed security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation into the gruesome murder of Ayo Aiyepeku.
The statement assured the government that it would follow all legal orders while pursuing justice, keeping the perpetrators of this hateful act at bay.
The government also urged the general public to support the ongoing investigations by providing reliable information to law enforcement agencies, and that an investigation into the perplexing circumstances surrounding the murder and the subsequent death of the prime suspect is still being conducted.
The deceased’s family has made an appeal for justice to the Kogi State Government and the police.
The elder brother of the deceased, Timothy Aiyepeku, and his uncle, Ibikunle Jide, pleaded with Kogi State and security forces to find the killers and put an end to the murder.
Remember Oluwapelumi Adebayo brutally murdered Ayobami Aiyepeku last night in a workplace close to the government building in Lokoja.
Source: Channels TV
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