Three man robbery gang arrested for the gruesome murder of couple

Chioma Joseph

Police in Ogun State have arrested three suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of a couple in Shagamu area of the state.

The couple James Olaosebikan, 72, and Esther Olaosebikan, 68, were gruesomely murdered by unknown assailant on June 30, 2019, in their house situated at K.M 54 Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Shagamu.

According to their son, Joseph Olaosebikan who reported at Shagamu police station, the assailants accessed the house through the ceiling and macheted his parents to death.

Upon the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama gave a matching order to the DPO Shagamu Division, SP Okiki Agunbiade to fish out the killers within the shortest possible time.

The Ogun Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), who spoke on the arrest gave the identities of the suspects as Ibrahim Uthman, Aba Abdulkareem and Abdulhamid Ibrahim.

Oyeyemi said, “ In compliance with the CP’s directive, the DPO and his men embarked on technical and forensic investigation of the case and their efforts yielded positive result, on uly12, 2019, when three members of the gang were apprehended.

“ On interrogation, they confessed been a robbery gang and that one of their member who is now at large invited them for the purpose of robbing the deceased as well as a nearby shop.

“ But on getting to the house, they discovered that the couple recognised one of them, hence they matcheted them to death.”

Meanwhile, CP Makama has ordered the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), to take over the case for proper investigation.

The state police boss also directed that the fleeing member of the gang must be brought to book within the shortest possible time.