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Following the murder of Chief Stephen Akinkunmi, a leader of the Ogboni fraternity in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, the police authorities in the state said it has arrested two persons in connection with the murder. The deceased was supposedly killed on the premises of the Saint Stephen Hotel, Ore, on Thursday his killers tried to force him into a car, which he refused and was shot dead.
The brother of the deceased, Joshua Akindele, said the gunmen had lodged in the hotel for three days before carrying out the operation. The wife of the deceased, Toyin, appealed to the state government and security agents to protect the family as she had been receiving threat messages from unknown persons.
