Ejike Okata, a 27 years old man has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command over the death of his neighbour, one Mrs Adeyiba Oladipupo who he allegedly matcheted.
The arrest was contain in a press release issued by the police public relations officer DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi and made available to newsmen said that the suspect was arrested following a report by the younger brother to the deceased.
It further stated that the deceased brother reported the case at the Obalende Police Station, Ijebu Ode on the 28th February 2020 that his elder sister who resided at Ayegbami area of ijebu ode was matcheted to death by his neighbour over a minor argument and that the suspect has ran away immediately after the incident.
Oyeyemi in the release said that the DPO Obalende division CSP Omonijo Sunday upon getting the complain, mobilized his detectives to the scene where the corpse of the victim was recovered and taken to ijebu ode general hospital mortuary for autopsy, while serious manhunt was launched for the fleeing suspect.
The efforts of the detectives yeilded positive result today 1st of March 2020 when the suspect was about boarding an Ebonyi state bound motor but was apprehended by policemen who have already laid ambush for him due to intelligence information they already have about him.
On interrogation, the suspect who hailed from Onueke in Eza south local government area of Ebonyi state confessed matcheting the deceased to death because she accused him of stealing a phone which got him angry.
He confessed further that he cut off the woman’s two hands because she wanted to struggle the Cutlass with him.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
