Lekan Shonde has been in the news headline for days now for the
alleged murder of his wife, Ronke, as reports suggets he beat her to
death last week Thursday in their apartment at the Egbeda area of Lagos
state.
Lekan was finally arrested
today in Ikeja after days on the run, and a new report on Encomium,
reveals that his friends persuaded him to give himself up, report to the
police, and face the full wrath of the law.
It was gathered that efforts to get him to surrender began early
this morning (Monday, May 9th) when his friends contacted Chris Kehinde
Nwandu, a popular blogger and some people. They were advised to come to
Ikeja with Lekan.
They met at a hotel in GRA Ikeja, Lagos, around 11:30 am and after a
short discussion, they moved to the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, to
meet with the commander of the Rapid Reponse Squad, Tunji Disu, around
12:00 noon.
Lekan (midle) and his friends who advised him to surrender
From the secretariat, they moved to the office of Police
Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, who handed over the suspect to the homicide
section in Panti, Yaba, Lagos.
This is a developing story, we'll be bringing you more details in our subsequent reports.
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