Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was on New Year day hit by the tragic news of the roasting of Mr Kehinde Fatinoye, retired staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and his wife, Bukola, in their house in the oldest GRA in Ibara.
Fatinoye and his wife, Bukola, a staff of the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNNAB), Abeokuta, had just returned from the Cross-over church service to their storey building in the Government Reservation Area where ex-Governor Ibikunle Amosun and the rich are quartered, when the incident occurred.
Persecondnews reports that a mysterious fire, suspected to be the handiwork of arsonists, had engulfed a section of the house.
It was gathered that the suspected arsonists were believed to have trailed the couple to their residence before setting it ablaze.
The couple was reportedly burnt beyond recognition while their remains were later evacuated by policemen and other health officials amid tears by a mass of symphatizers, who besieged the house.
They, however, did not spare their and house help as they were whisked away.
The son’s whereabouts are unknown yet but a family source was quoted as saying that the abductees were thrown into a river along Adigbe-Obada area of the city.
The Fatinoyes had on the eve of the new year attended the Cross-over service at a church in Okejigbo area of Abeokuta, a few kilometers from the GRA.
As at press time, the State Police Command has yet to issue a statement on the incident while efforts to get the spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, to comment were unsuccessful.
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