Man, 45, Son Arrested For Killing Herdsman in Ogun

45-year-old man Kolese Womiloju of Gbagba Elewure village in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State and his 25-year-old son Taiwo have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for conspiracy and murder of one Abubakar Sidi Usman, a 32-year-old herdsman.

The Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi stated that “the suspects were arrested following a report by one Usman Bello who reported at Odeda Divisional Headquarters that the deceased who was his younger brother and owner of a cattle settlement at Gbagba Elewure village had gone missing. Upon his report, a search party was put together. Later in the evening, the deceased’s corpse was found in an abandoned well in a nearby bush where he was thrown into after killing him”.

Oyeyemi also made it known that “the DPO Odeda Division, CSP Ajayi Williams led his detectives to the scene where the victim was seen with deep machete cuts all over his body. Having confirmed that the deceased was murdered in cold blood, the DPO and his men commenced an intelligence-based investigation into the case which led to the arrest of a father and his son who also live in the same village with the victim”.

He stated further that on interrogation, they both confessed to the killing of the deceased because they saw him grazing his cows around their farm. “They stated further that the deceased was warned to take his cattle away from the area and when he refused, he was beaten with a charmed ring which made him to be unconscious after which he was hacked to death. He was then dragged to an abandoned well   about one kilometer to the place and dumped there”, Oyeyemi disclosed.

He also made it known that the Commissioner of Police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

  The CP also affirmed that “those who are in the habit of taking laws into their own hands will not find it easy with the Command because jungle justice has no place in our laws”.