Ex-Ondo deputy governor’s daughter’s murder: Suspect’s family disappears

The family of the alleged killer of the daughter of an ex-deputy governor of Ondo state has reportedly disappeared.

A neighbour said the family abandoned their house due to the shame the incident has brought upon them.

However, the father of the deceased said due to his religion, he would not seek vengeance against his daughter’s alleged killer in the law court Barely 24 hours after the suspected killer of the daughter of the former deputy governor of Ondo state, Adeyemi Alao, was paraded by police, his family members have allegedly vacated their residence. 

Adeyemi was paraded by the police in the state for the alleged ritual killing of his fiancée of eight years Khadijat and burying her in inside his room, Khadijat was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, before her murder.

The father of the suspect Alhaji Alani Alao reportedly moved out of the house with his family members late Wednesday, July 11, to an unknown destination.

The main building where the father of the suspect resided and the boys-quarters where the suspect and three other tenants lived were allegedly desolate as of Thursday, July 12. 

The doors and windows to the two building were reportedly shut while the father’s Mercedes Benz with Osun state registration number had been removed from the frontage of his house.

 A neighbour allegedly said that many people trooped to the house located at the new Oke Aro extension that same Wednesday their son was paraded by the police and yesterday, Thursday, after they saw the suspect on the television stations and heard of his atrocities on Radio. 

“They just left the house because of the shame the incident had brought to the family,” the neighbour added, saying they did not confide in anybody before leaving but that he just noticed that the father and members of the family drove out of the house late on Wednesday and had not returned yesterday." He said:

“Not one soul slept in the two buildings overnight and there is no guarantee that anyone will sleep there for some time. 

“It is clear that they have relocated because of the shame and the name calling that the incident would attract to them. It’s really unfortunate.” 

Recall that the mother of the suspect simply referred to as Alhaja, the three tenants in the boys quarters and some landlords had before now gone into hiding for fear of arrest by security operatives investigating the murder case. 

Meanwhile, the father of the deceased, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo said due to his religion, he would not seek vengeance against his daughter’s alleged killer in the law court.

 He said this when a delegation of the state government led by the deputy governor Agboola Ajayi and information commissioner, Yemi Olowolabi, visited him. Alhaji Lasisi who described her daughter’s death as devastating thanked the government for showing the family strong support and care despite their different political affiliation. 

Also, the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, earlier commiserated with the family of Lasisi over the gruesome murder of their daughter. 

Akeredolu who urged the bereaved family as believers of Allah to submit to the will of God who gives and takes life prayed that Allah will comfort the family over the loss and spread his wing of protection over all others she left behind.

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