{"id":110344,"date":"2024-01-29T00:05:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T23:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110344"},"modified":"2024-01-29T00:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T23:05:39","slug":"police-arrest-osun-prince-over-killing-of-us-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/police-arrest-osun-prince-over-killing-of-us-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Osun Prince Over Killing Of US Professor\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1789365138403332741\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Osun State Police Command has reacted to the fatal shooting incident, which occurred in Ejigbo town, leading to the death of a United States-based Prof. Richard Idowu (Ade Ori Okin), saying one person has been arrested in connection to the incident.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nA statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yemisi Opalola, on Sunday, stated that one Prince Eniola Oyeyode of Ejigbo town of Osun State has been arrested over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com gathered that Prince Eniola was a friend of the deceased and that the late Prof. Idowu was at the 50th coronation anniversary of his friend\u2019s father \u2013 the Ogiyan of Ejigbo \u2013 on Saturday before the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Opalola said, \u201cThe incident occurred on 27\/1\/2024 at about 9:48pm after the 50th Coronation Anniversary of the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Oyeyode Oyesosin where one Prince Eniola Oyeyode \u2018m\u2019 of Ejigbo Instructed one of his civilian guards named Hammed Abdul Jelili \u2018m\u2019 of Ejigbo to fire his double barrel gun into the air to confirm if the gun is in good condition or not, but instead shot directly at the victim and he was rushed to a hospital but confirmed dead by the Doctor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, the Prince Eniola Oyeyode who gave the order to his civilian guard to fire the gun has been arrested and detained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO added that the State\u2019s Commissioner of Police, CP Bzigu Dali Kwazhi, appealed to members of the public, especially the residents of Ejigbo town to remain calm as discreet investigation had commenced immediately.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Osun State Police Command has reacted to the fatal shooting incident, which occurred in Ejigbo town, leading to the death of a United States-based Prof. Richard Idowu (Ade Ori&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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