Suspected killer of CBN employee, wife not our staff- FUNAAB

Suspected killer of CBN employee, wife not our staff- FUNAAB
Raymond Osho
Authority of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) on Sunday said the suspected killer of the late CBN staff and his wife, Mr and Mrs Fatinoye is not a staff of the university.
The Head, Directorate of Public Relations, FUNAAB said the late couple on their own volition privately engaged the driver without any recourse or connection with the University.
The suspect identified as Lekan who was the drive of the wife until her death was earlier arrested in connection with the arson and murder against the Fatinoyes and managed to escape from the police custody shortly after he was apprehended.
Lekan was said to have been identified as one of the faces of the suspected killers of the Fatinoyes, who came to attack the couple, killed the pair and set them and the house ablaze after they had also abducted the couple’s son, Oreoluwa Fatinoye and a maid.
It was learnt that Lekan who was kept in Ibara Divisional Police Headquarters custody on Tuesday last week suddenly started acting strangely and complained of being unwell in the course of investigation. According to sources, the suspect was then taken to a clinic for treatment when it seemed his health condition took a frightening dimension.
The FUNAAB statement distancing the university from the suspect reads, “The attention of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has been drawn to a Public Notice (attached herewith) which declared one Lekan, who purportedly is the Driver of the gruesomely murdered couple, Mr.and Mrs.Kehinde and Bukunola Fatinoye wanted.
“In the publication that is in circulation, especially on social media, the suspect (Driver) is portrayed as a staff of FUNAAB, who is working in the same office with her murdered boss, Mrs.Fatinoye, a bonafide staff of the University.
“Suffice to debunk the information and clarify that the Driver is neither a bonafide nor a casual staff of FUNAAB.
“It is for the purpose of putting the record straight in public glare and domain that this refutal has become important and necessary.
“Our investigation has shown that the late couple on their own volition privately engaged the Driver without any recourse or connection whatsoever with the University.
“Therefore, we are using this medium to call on the general public to please disregard this malicious and discrediting information, and we equally urge the circulators to immediately correct the falsehood, while others should desist from spreading the tissue of lies henceforth.
“While the efforts of members of the Public in assisting the Police to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime is noted, however, it should not be to the detriment of the good image of the University.
“We wish to express our implicit confidence in the ability of the Nigeria Police Force(NPF) to track down the murderers and bring them to justice.
“We pray God to give the couple’s relations, fellow staff of FUNAAB and CBN respectively, and the Public in general the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss,” Adepoju stated in a release