Sunday Omosule, the landlord of No 23, Adeoye Street Oko Baale Onipanu has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for killing one Joseph Sunday Akpan, his tenant's four-year old son.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed that "Omosule was arrested following a distress call received by the Police at Onipanu Divisional headquarters that the said landlord went berserk and started using a pestle to chase his tenants consequent upon which he used the said pestle to hit the mother of the deceased on the hand before using it to hit the victim on the head".
Oyeyemi further stated that "on receiving the information, the DPO Onipanu Division SP Sangobiyi Johnson led his men to the scene where the suspect was arrested.
During interrogation, the suspect claimed to be under spiritual attacks which always make him to behave erratically sometimes".
The mother of the deceased is being treated in a hospital for the injuries she sustained during the attack, while the corpse of the victim has been deposited at the State Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the state's Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed that "Omosule was arrested following a distress call received by the Police at Onipanu Divisional headquarters that the said landlord went berserk and started using a pestle to chase his tenants consequent upon which he used the said pestle to hit the mother of the deceased on the hand before using it to hit the victim on the head".
Oyeyemi further stated that "on receiving the information, the DPO Onipanu Division SP Sangobiyi Johnson led his men to the scene where the suspect was arrested.
During interrogation, the suspect claimed to be under spiritual attacks which always make him to behave erratically sometimes".
The mother of the deceased is being treated in a hospital for the injuries she sustained during the attack, while the corpse of the victim has been deposited at the State Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the state's Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.
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