Parading the suspects, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that the driver, Adekanbi, confessed that he hired the other two suspects to help him in collecting money from his boss.
According to the police spokesman, the suspects had demanded a cash transfer from the couple but killed them despite receiving the money so as to prevent the security agencies from tracking them.
Oyeyemi stated that the driver escaped from police custody on January 2, but was traced to his elder brother in Iseyin, Oyo State, but he had left the place before the arrival of the police.
Following a manhunt, he was apprehended at his hideout in Abeokuta on January 21.
During interrogation, Adekanbi, who had been driving the victims since 2018, confessed to being the mastermind of the heinous act.
The police spokeman said: He (driver) invited the other two suspects Ahmed Odetola (aka Akamo) and Waheed Adeniyi (aka Koffi) to join him to rob the couple.
“He confessed further that he took the step because the couple refused to increase his salary, and that he approached them for a loan to buy a motorcycle, but they didn’t oblige him.”
Adekanbi told the police that he and the other suspects waited for the couple to return from the New Year Church Service because he had access to their house.
According to him, they pounced on them immediately they entered the house, killed them before setting their bodies ablaze.
Mrs. Fatinoye, was until her death a principal confidential secretary at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB).