Finally, Police Arrest Suspected Killers Of Funke Olakunrin

Suspected killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the PAN-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, have been arrested.
Disclosing this yesterday, the Force PRO, DCP Frank MBA, listed the suspects as follows: Lawal Mazaje ‘m’ 40yrs from Felele area of Kogi State Adamu Adamu ‘m’ 50yrs from Jada area of Adamawa State. iii. Mohammed Shehu Usman ‘m’ 26 years from Illela area of Sokoto State Auwal Abubakar ‘m’ 25yrs from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State
Recall that on 13th July, 2019, following the attack and murder of Mrs Funke Olakunrin by unknown persons between Kajola and Ore along Ondo-Ore road in Ondo State on 12th July, 2019, the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, deployed the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), CP Fimihan Adeoye, to coordinate the team of Police Special Forces and seasoned investigators from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Federal SARS, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) from the Force Headquarters, Abuja to carry out massive manhunt for the killers with the aim of arresting and bringing them to justice.
Parts of the statement further read: “Meanwhile, after months of relentless efforts to apprehend the killers, the Police Team, on 4th March, 2020 during a follow-up action on a case of a high-profile armed robbery and kidnap for ransom that occurred in Ogun State, arrested one Auwal Abubakar ‘m’ 25yrs, an accessory after the fact of the crime, along Sagamu-Ore expressway in Ondo State.
“The arrest of Auwal Abubakar led to the arrest of two (2) other members of the gang, Mohammed Shehu Usman and Lawal Mazaje in Benin, Edo State from whom cache of ammunition was recovered and one other Adamu Adamu in Akure, Ondo State.
“Having established sufficient physical and forensic evidence linking the suspects to the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the investigators, determined to clear all doubts relating to their findings, on 8th April, 2020, conducted an Identification Parade at the Federal SARS Headquarters, Lagos which led to the positive and physical identification of three (3) suspects, Adamu Adamu, Lawal Mazaje and Mohammed Shehu Usman by a survivor of the earlier crime”.