Buhari’s aide wants Odumakin quizzed for claiming Fasoronti’s daughter was murdered by herdsmen

The Special Assistant on social media matters to President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the immediate arrest of Yinka Odumakin, spokesman of Afenifere.

Lauretta Onochie made the call against Odumakin for allegedly suggesting that the brutal murder of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin in Ondo state was perpetrated by suspected herdsmen.

She made the comments in a post on her Twitter page on Sunday, while reacting to the death of the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Afenifere leader.

Onochie in her Twitter post said: “Those who witnessed the murder of the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Funke Olakunrin, suggest it was either by a criminal armed gang or assassins.

“The Nigeria Police should question Yinka Odumakin to determine his motives for misleading and pointing investigators to Fulani herdsmen.”

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Recall that Mr. Odumakin had claimed the 58-year-old was shot dead by suspected Militants herdsmen along Benin/Ore expressway, in a statement on Friday.

He said: “We have confirmed the death of Mrs Funke Olakunrin (58), daughter of our Leader, Chief Fasoranti.

”Eyewitness accounts say she died of gunshot from Fulani herdsmen who shot her at Ore junction in Ondo state.

“She was coming from Akure when the armed Fulani herdsmen came from the bush to attack her and other vehicles. Her domestic staff in the car with her sustained gunshots too.

“This is one death too many and a clear we-can- take-it-no-more death.”

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