Oyo Police Arrest Five Suspects For Killing Retired Perm Secretary

Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested five suspects for the murder of  a retired permanent secretary in the state civil service, Mrs Olaitan Gbenle.

Thirty other suspects were arrested for various crimes.

The state Commissioner of Police,  Adebola Hamzat, announced the arrests during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan.

According to a message posted on the command’s  X account on Wednesday, Gbenle’s suspected killers allegedly strangled her to death after robbing her of valuable possessions.

According to police reports, the suspects voluntarily confessed to the crime.

The statement quoted the leader of the  gang as saying that  Gbenle was murdered because she recognised him during the robbery.

He was said to have admitted  his involvement in multiple robbery operations.