Iyin-Ekiti, a community in Ekiti State was on Friday, March 20 thrown into pandemonium as a 25-year-old resident of the community, Wale Ede, allegedly beheaded a 50-year-old man, Mr. Joshua Olaseinde Fagbola, a father of seven. The suspect is currently being held at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Ekiti State Police Command Headquarters, Ado-Ekiti pending the conclusion of investigation by the police. The deceased was, until his death, a patrol assistant with the Directorate of Road Traffic Service in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State. The incident occured at about 8pm in Iro Quarters, Iyin-Ekiti. Based on what was gathered, Ede attacked Fagbola at about 8pm in the evening of Friday, March 20, when the deceased was about to start the engine of his motorbike and leave the venue where he had just attended the wake of a relative. As stated by residents who witnessed the incident, Ede suddenly brought out a cutlass from the umbrella he was holding and cut down Fagbola, first from his neck and then his face and other parts of his body. The victim was immediately drenched in blood. He later died in a hospital where he was rushed to in the area in the presence of his wife. "Immediately he committed the crime, Ede ran away to his place at 6 Baba Moni Street, Iro Quarters. He took his mother and bolted from the community. But the police later found him and have detained him since," said a resident who claimed to have witnessed the crime. Wife of the deceased, Mrs. Aina Fagbola, 43, narrated how she learnt about her husband’s horrifying murder. "It was about 8pm last Friday that people came to our house, crying. They told me that my husband had been attacked. I rushed to the place where we had just held the wake for his late relative. There, they told me that my husband had been rushed to the hospital. It was there that I met him. He was drenched in blood. He took one look at me before finally giving up the ghost. "My husband was a very peaceful man; he never had any quarrel with anyone, and residents in this Iro Quarters can attest to this. This man that killed him had collected N500 from my husband since January this year. With the money, he was supposed to get the things he would use to make some blocks for the house we are building. But he refused to do that thing since and also refused to refund the money. I was told that my husband seized his cell phone on Thursday, March 19, in order to ensure that his money was refunded. That was why he attacked my husband on Friday and killed him and has now made me a sudden widow. Look at me; I'm wearing rags. My husband was just a junior government worker and we have seven children already. The baby I'm holding is just a few months old and he's our last born. Our first born just turned 19 and has gained admission into the Federal College of Education, Ila-Orangun. Who will sponsor her now? Where will I get the money to feed our children? I have no work at all," she sobbed.
