Three persons have been picked up in connection with the killing of a Naval rating Akingbagbohun, at Idoani community, in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo state.
The suspects, whose identities had been keptsecret, were arrested, on Wednesday, by a search party put together by the concerned residents of the community, following the killing of the officer.
It was learnt that the Naval rating attached to the Navy Secondary School in Imeri town was gruesomely killed by armed thugs.
The suspects were picked up at different locations within and outside the town by the search party.
A local in the arwa revealed that one of the suspects was arrested on his way to Oka Akoko while trekking out of the town to evade arrest, adding that the two others were nabbed in their various hiding places.
The local said the trio were handed over immediately to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
