The Police Command in Ekiti State has ordered a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the death of an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Caleb Leranmo and his wife, Taiwo Leranmo.

This is contained in a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti.

He said that the state CP directed the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, to immediately conduct a thorough investigation to ascertain the cause of the couple’s death.

The couple was gruesomely murdered at their residence on Tuesday in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti.

Mr Abutu said that the police received a distress call on at about 07:00hrs on Tuesday that a murder incident occurred at Igirigiri Road, Odo-Ado area of Ado-Ekiti.

He said that operatives from Odo-Ado Division were immediately deployed to the scene.

According to the PPRO, on getting there, the late ASP Caleb Leranmo was found in a pool of his own blood with his private part severed.

He added that the deceased’s wife, Taiwo Leranmo, was also found beside him in a pool of her own blood with brutal head injuries.

He said, “The couple was rushed to the hospital where they were both confirmed dead by a medical doctor,” he said.

The command’s spokesman further said that their bodies were later deposited in the morgue for preservation and further medical examination.

Mr Abutu added that a cutlass, which was found with bloodstain, was recovered from the scene of the incident.

The late ASP Leranno was serving with the Police Command in Ekiti State, until his death.

(NAN)