By Soliu Owoyabu,
One Lekan Adekanbi who is the mastermind killer of his employer, Mr. Kehinde Fatinoye his wife, Mrs. Bukola Fatinoye and their only son, Oreoluwa has disclosed the reason why he wiped up the family and murdered them in the most gruesome manner.
Adekanbi disclosed this on Friday while addressing the newsmen at the Ogun state Police Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta the state capital.
You will recalled that, on eve of New year Celebration, Mr. Kehinde Fatinoye and his wife Bukola Fatinoye were murdered and burnt beyond recognition and their son, Oreoluwa alongside their housemaid were drowned in Ogun River and the corps of Oreoluwa later discovered.
Adekanbi who was the driver to the family arrested alongside his accomplices, Ahmed Adetola a.k.a Akamo and Waheed Adeniji a.k.a Koffi.
According to him, the late couple employed him as driver but later turned him to house made without salary increment and he was not well treated throughout the four years he has been working with them.
He added that, he was not intended to kill them but they were killed to avoid traceable loop hole. And highlighted how the operation was carried out
“I started working with them as a driver in 2018 when they were living at Quarry Area with Twenty Five Thousand Naira Salary. I was holy employed as driver but they later turned me to Housed-made. I used to wash their Cars, sweep the floor, feed their Dog an do the House-chore.
“In January 2020 i approached my boss, Mr. Kehinde Fatinoye to borrow me Money out my salary so, i will pay later. My boss told me, he will do something about it but nothing was done about it. After a year, i reminded him on his birthday which is June, 2021, he said the same thing. I later told his wife, Mrs, Kehinde Fatinoye to please talk to his husband on my behalf to borrow me money and deduct it from my salary because the salary you are pay me is not enough for me and i couldn’t use it for tangible project.
“When there was not positive respond, i told his younger brother about that, he told me to continue working with them,” he said.
Initially, i did not intend to kill them but it was the Koffi who slaughter my boss and his wife after he has transferred 1.1m to my account. Koffi said, my account will be track and police may get us arrested if we spare their lives. And he later set the house ablaze.
When their son and housemaid met us, we tied them and Koffi said i should go and open the Booth. We put them inside the Booth and drove out to the River to drown them.
Police Public Relation Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident and disclosed how the culprits were apprehended in his hideout in somewhere in Abeokuta on 21st January, 2023 after he escaped from police custody on 2nd of January, 2023.