The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested one Julius Oliseh, 32, for stabbiling to death another man named Isikilu Shittu during a burial ceremony.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this disclosure in a statement he issued in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Sunday, copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER.
DSP Oyeyemi said, “Police in Ogun state on Sunday 5th August 2018 at about 2:00am arrested one Julius Oliseh m’ 32 for stabbing to death one Isikilu Shittu m’ 23 during a burial ceremony.
“The arrest of the suspect was as a result of complaint lodged at Mowe police station by the brother of the deceased one Akeem Shittu who reported that he was at a burial party with his brother in Ogunru village via Mowe when argument ensued between the suspect and his late brother over an undisclosed minor matter consequence upon which the suspect broke a bottle and stabbed the victim on the neck and he died on the spot.
“Upon the report, the DPO Mowe division, CSP Francis Ebhuoma led his men to the scene where the suspect who has been struggling to escape was promptly arrested and took to the station for interrogation.
“The corpse of the victim has been deposited at the general hospital morgue for autopsy,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, was said to have ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for proper investigation and prosecution.
The police commissioner also warned that the command would not tolerate any act of thuggery or hooliganism capable of sending innocent people to untimely death because, according to him, human life is sacred.
The CP therefore assured the general public that the suspect in this case would face the full wrath of the law so as to serve as deterrent to others in his shoe.
