Goke Jatunwase, the chairman of the Ilaje local government area of Ondo, has called for calm in the Zion community following a fruit seller’s alleged rape and killing.

Mr Jatunwase made the appeal while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Igbokoda.
The fruit seller, Roseline Joguntan, was allegedly gang-raped and killed on January 29 on her farmland.

The chairman assured that justice would prevail as the police and other security agencies were working to arrest and bring perpetrators of the crime to book.

Mr Jatunwase added that he, alongside the police, other security agencies and traditional rulers, had visited the community to assess the situation to calm tension.

He specifically appealed to the community’s youths to disregard the insinuation that other tribes committed the crime and not take the law into their hands.

“I have visited Zion community with security agencies and some traditional rulers over the killing of the innocent woman. The police and other security agencies are working hard on the matter,” explained the LG chair. 

He added, “I appeal to both indigenes and non-indigenes not to allow allegations over this matter (crime) to break the peaceful coexistence being enjoyed in the community and the council area at large.”

Police spokesman in the state, DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, had confirmed the incident.
Mr Odulami had said investigations were ongoing to unravel those responsible for the murder.

(NAN)