Tag: Olakunrin
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Police release pictures of Funke Olakunrin’s killers
The Nigerian Police have unveiled the faces of four suspects said to be Funke Olakunrin’s killers. Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was killed on 12 July 2019, at Kajola on Ondo-Ore Road by gunmen suspected to be Fulani marauders. After some painstaking investigation, IGP Mohammed Adamu announced the arrest of the suspects on Thursday.…
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Afenifere invokes Olakunrin’s spirit to fish out her murderers
…Blasts Police for stopping investigation A factional Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, on Tuesday urged the police to find the killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin. The group in a communique after its meeting held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, expressed disgust with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) that almost seven months after the murder of its…
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Olakunrin: Fayemi, Sanwo-Olu, Makinde, other S/West governors pledge change in security architecture
Governors in the South West Zone on Monday rose from a meeting in Akure pledging a new security architecture that would address the security challenges in the region. Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on behalf of other governors said the meeting was to deliberate extensively on the technical…
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Olakunrin gave her best to humanity – Tinubu
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described late Mrs Olufunke Olakunrin, the daughter of Chairman of Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, as someone who gave her best to the humanity and worthy of emulation. The former Governor of Lagos State said this at the…
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Olakunrin: PDP blasts Buhari over 'isolated killings' comment
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has flayed President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that killings and widespread violence in various parts of the country were isolated cases. Describing the President’s comments as unfortunate, the PDP said party it further exposed the “incompetence” of the Buhari Presidency as well as its insensitivity to the pain and anguish of…
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Olakunrin: PDP backs Obasanjo, says 'This is not the Nigeria of our dreams'
…Urges President Buhari to declare state of emergency on security The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security to address insecurity in the country. The PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, made the appeal at a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja while reacting…
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Olakunrin's murder: We're waiting for police report – Reps
… constitution of c’ttees to hold in September The House of Representatives on Tuesday said it would not react on the murder of Mrs Funke Olakurin daughter of Afenifere chieftain, Reuben Fasoranti. Briefing journalists on activities of the House in the last two weeks, Hon Yusuf Gagdi, APC, Plateau, said: “The House cannot really say…
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Police arrest suspects linked with Funke Olakunrin’s murder
The police have arrested some suspects allegedly involved in the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti. A spokesman for the Ondo State Police Command, Mr Femi Joseph, confirmed this on Monday. According to him, the suspects were arrested when a team of security operatives stormed the forests in the…
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Insecurity: Stop playing politics with Olakunrin's death, Presidency warns Buhari's critics
The Presidency on Monday night said some influential figures in Nigeria appears to be playing politics with the tragedy that befell the Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti whose 58-year-old daughter was gruesomely murdered on Friday. The Senior Special Adviser on Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu in a strong statement issued Monday night said:…