A couple were over the weekend strangled to death at Gbongan, in Osun State, by unknown assailants.
Reuben Akanbi, 70, and Victoria
Akanbi, 68, lived in an isolated abode along Iwo road, in the ancient
town of Gbongan.
The case was reported at Gbongan divisional police station by one Caleb Akanbi, who is a son to the deceased couple.
Akanbi revealed that his parents were violently murdered through
strangulation, adding that there were marks of violence on their
corpses.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Folashade
Odoro, who confirmed the incident said the corpses had been deposited
at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching
Hospital for an autopsy.
She added that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeola Fimihan has
directed special detectives “to embark on diligent investigation and
quickly fish out those behind the gruesome murder”.
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