A 25 year old man, Ajibade Olumuyiwa has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for killing one Olakiitan Balogun who he alleged was having an amorous relationship with his wife.
Explaining how the suspect was arrested on March 17th, the Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi stated that "the suspect was arrested at about 1:45 am of the date following a distress call received by the DPO Ajuwon Division from residents of Doland Estate that a man has murdered his wife's concubine right inside his house.
On the receipt of the distress call, the DPO, CSP Afolabi Kazeem led his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested".
Oyeyemi disclosed that "on interrogation, he explained that he came to his house at about 12: 30 am on the fateful day and met the deceased right inside the house with his wife, this infuriated him and he started beating the man and hit his head against the wall leading to the the death of the victim.
On her own part, the woman at the centre of the crisis, Titilayo Olayiwola denied having any amorous relationship with the deceased, she explained that the suspect had abandoned her in the house for the past eight months with an instruction to the gate man to be monitoring her and give him information if he sees her with any man. She stated further that the victim was a cobbler living within the area and on that day, the deceased's girlfriend came to pay him visit and since he was not living alone, he decided to bring the girl to a room in the house due to his closeness to the family. But as soon as the gate man saw him, he alerted the husband who rushed to the house and descended heavily on the deceased without listening to any explanation from her and the girlfriend to the victim".
The corpse of the deceased has been taken to the General Hospital mortuary for post mortem examination.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discrete investigation and prosecution. The CP also warned that the command will not hesitate to deal decisively with anybody taking laws in to his or her own hands for whatever reason.
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