The police command in Ekiti said it arrested Baboga for his alleged involvement in the killing of the two traditional rulers in the Ikole Axis of Ekiti penultimate Monday.

Addressing journalists on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the assistant inspector general of police in charge of Ekiti, Dare Ogundare, said it took the combined efforts of security agencies in the state to apprehend the suspect in the forest between Ayedun and Ayebode

He said the suspect had confessed to the crime while efforts are on to apprehend his accomplices.

The AIG, who said no arrest was made during the rescue operation for the abducted school pupils and their teachers, however, informed journalists that some other suspects were arrested at Oke Osun, in Ikere Ekiti, Igbo Okah and Iju-Ikere boundary forest.

On whether ransom was paid to secure the release of the kidnap victims, Mr Ogundare said the police would not encourage paying ransom.

He commended the onspector general of police, and the Ekiti governor for their intervention in the quick release of the school pupils and their teacher.

(NAN)