Man in police net for hacking neighbour to death in Ogun
The Ogun state Police Command e has arrested a 27 –year- old man, Ejike Okata, for allegedly hacking his 50 -year -old neighbour, one Adeyiba Oladipupo, to death.
The suspect according to a release signed by the command’s spokeperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested following a report made by the younger brother to the deceased at the Obalende Police Station, Ijebu Ode on February 28, that his elder sister, a resident of Ayegbami Area, was hacked to death by the suspect over a minor argument.
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Oyeyemi stated that upon the report, the police mobilized detectives to the scene of the crime where the corpse of the victim was evacuated and taken to the morgue of the General Hospital, Ijebu Ode for autopsy.
Thereafter, he disclosed that a manhunt was launched by the police for the fleeing suspect, adding that detectives arrested the suspect at a motor-park, while attempting to board a vehicle to Ebonyi state.
On interrogation, the suspect, a native of Onueke in Eza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, confessed to the crime, narrating that the deceased accused him of stealing her phone, an accusation which infuriated him and spurred him into attacking her with a machete.
The suspect confessed further that he had to cut off the woman’s two hands when she attempted to wrestle the machete from his grip.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.
