Only suspect arrested in connection with the New Year day killing of a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kehinde Fatinoye and his wife, has escaped from police custody in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
After the killing of Fatinoye, his wife and their only son, the police said they had arrested Lekan Adekanbi as the prime suspect in the case.
Adekanbi was said to be the driver to the late CBN staff until the New Year day when he was assassinated.
The Ibara Police Divisional Headquarters had arrested Adekanbi and held him in custody to aid their investigation.
On Tuesday, two policemen from Ibara division were said to have taken the suspect to a hospital after he complained of fever.
“At the hospital, Lekan was said to have pretended like he wanted to urinate and he escaped,” a source said.
The source claimed that the policemen did not handcuff the suspect, from the time of his arrest up until the time he was in the hospital.
The suspect was said to have fled when he discovered that the domestic staff of the Fatinoyes, who was taken away by the assassins alongside their son, did not die.
It was learnt that the suspect had become restless after setting his eyes on the domestic staff.
Meanwhile, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ibara, Abeokuta, CSP Bernard Ediagbonya, has been removed from office for alleged negligence.
The DPO was removed without any posting while the command directed the most senior officer in the division to take over.
Ediagbonya, sources said has been ordered to resume at the police headquarters, Eleweran, with immediate effect.
The officers under whose care the suspect escaped, are currently facing sanctions for failing to prevent his escape.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report.
