The Osun State Police Command has arrested 5 suspects in reference to the homicide of 14-year-old Olapade Ezekiel, who used to be shot lifeless all the way through a capturing incident in Ilobu, Irepodun Native Executive Space of the state, on June 21, 2026.
The command disclosed this in a press free up issued on Friday via the Police Public Members of the family Officer (PPRO), DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Zungura.
Ojelabi mentioned investigations into the incident had been ongoing.
In step with the observation, “the incident took place at about 3:30 p.m. at a palm-wine store alongside Council Street, close to the Irepodun Native Executive Secretariat in Ilobu.”
The police mentioned the deceased’s father, Olugbenga Olapade, of Ododo Compound, Ilobu, reported the incident on the Ilobu Police Department at about 5 p.m. at the similar day.
The observation defined that the 14-year-old used to be on the palm-wine store together with his father and a few shoppers when a bunch of folks allegedly arrived in a Sienna bus and started capturing sporadically.
“On account of the capturing, Olapade Ezekiel, male, 14 years previous, sustained a gunshot harm and therefore died, whilst someone else recognized as Matthew John, popularly referred to as Mofoto, sustained a gunshot harm,” the police mentioned.
The command mentioned that its operatives introduced an investigation right away after the incident and therefore intensified efforts to trace down the suspects, who had been allegedly shifting from one location to every other to evade arrest.
The 5 suspects arrested had been recognized as 32-year-old Saheed Kareem, sometimes called Tanfiani; 24-year-old Ismail Yekeen, alias Asumo Ayan; 32-year-old Abass Afeez, popularly referred to as SS Abass; 30-year-old Salako Taofeek, alias Fenuso; and Barrister Abdulrauf Ogunshola.
In step with the police, “the suspects confessed to collaborating within the crime all the way through interrogation, whilst additional investigations reportedly recognized Salako Taofeek, sometimes called Fenuso, as the one that allegedly fired the shot that killed {the teenager}.
“Fenuso recognized a person referred to as Alaagba, who’s these days at massive, because the alleged armourer and custodian of the firearm used all the way through the operation.
“The police are on his path for conceivable arrest and prosecution. Efforts had been ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspect.”
The command confident individuals of the general public that the investigation can be carried out professionally and impartially, with credible proof, forensic findings and different investigative procedures used to determine the instances surrounding the incident and decide the person roles of the ones concerned.
DSP Ojelabi mentioned the investigation used to be ongoing because the police pursued additional leads within the case.