Crime

Police Apprehend Man for Wife’s Death

By Web News 415

Men of the Ogun state Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Segun Omotosho Ebenezer for allegedly beating his 42-year-old wife Omotosho Oluwabukola to death.

  According to a statement by the state Public Relations officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the arrest followed a complaint by the elder sister of the deceased at the kemta divisional headquarters on the 14th of this month.

  Mr Oyeyemi said that the complainant reported that the suspect had beaten the deceased and inflicted serious injuries on her.

  According to the report, the deceased was subsequently rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Idi-aba, Abeokuta, by the suspect for medical attention but eventually died while receiving treatment.

  The state PPRO explained that the deceased had recorded a voice note and sent it to her family members alleging that the suspect used a padlock to hit her on the head while beating her and that if she dies, he should be held responsible for her death.

  Mr Oyeyemi stressed that the suspect had taken to his heels after the voice note was played to his hearing, but the intelligence efforts of the detectives of the division led to his prompt arrest at Akinseku village, Abeokuta.

  He noted that preliminary investigation revealed that, the deceased’s refusal to allow her husband who is a carpenter to take control of a school privately built by her, an NCE holder, in her name and that of her husband’s resulted in the incessant quarrel.

  Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has directed that the suspect be transferred to homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

 Francisca Irekpita 

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Crime

Man Allegedly Beats Wife to Death in Ogun

By Web News 738

Ogun state police command says it has arrested a 40 year old man Olanrewaju Bamidele for allegedly beaten his wife, Adenike Olarenwaju to death.

The suspect was arrested yesterday following a report lodged at Ofada Police post by the victim’s fifteen year old son, Ayomide Olanrewaju.

The spokesman of the state’s command, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi said in Abeokuta that Master Olanrewaju reported that his deceased mother had a misunderstanding with his father which resulted to a fight between them. 

Mr. Oyeyemi pointed out that the boy claimed that his father used a big stick to beat the victim to comma, after which he used a screw driver to stab her on the head resulting to the death of his mother.

The Ogun state police public Relations officer said the Officer in-charge of Ofada Police post, Akinfolahan Oluseye led his men to the scene at Bisodun village where the suspect who has been held down by the people of the Community was handed over to the police and he was immediately taken to Owode-Egba divisional headquarters for interrogation

Mr. Oyeyemi noted that the preliminary investigation showed that the suspect who was fond of beating his wife from time to time, was about to bury the his wife secretly when the deceased children saw him digging a grave by the side of his house, alerted their neighbours.

He said the corpse of the victim had been deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo teaching hospital mortuary Sagamu for autopsy while the screw driver and the stick which the suspect used to kill the victim have also been recovered.

Olusegun Folarin