Police in Ogun state on Tuesday 29th of May arrested one Abiodun Idowu 40yrs over the killing of his co-worker one Abimbola Hamzat f’ 38yrs.
The arrest of the suspect followed a complaint by one Owolabi Moses who reported at Onipanu divisional headquarters that the suspect who is a driver in his pure water factory has been disturbing the deceased who was an accountant in the same factory for love affair of which the deceased has been refusing his advances.
He stated further that on that fateful day, the deceased was alone in the factory when the suspect came in and attempted to forcefully have carnal knowledge of her.
While the victim was struggling with him, he strangled her to death.
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On the strength of the report, the DPO Onipanu division SP Sangobiyi Johnson led detectives to the scene where they met the suspect unconscious.
Investigation revealed that the suspect having realized that he has committed a serious crime made efforts to kill himself by drinking hypo and Izal.
The DPO and his men quickly rushed him to a hospital for medical attention where he was treated and discharged before taken to custody.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the suspect be transferred to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for proper investigation and prosecution.
ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi
PPRO Ogun State Police Command
