A landlord of No 23, Adeoye Street Oko Baale Onipanu, one Sunday Omosule has been arrested by Police in Ogun State for killing his tenant Son Joseph Sunday Akpan aged 4yrs.
The landlord was arrested following a distress call received by Police at Onipanu Divisional headquarters that the said landlord went berserk and started using mortal pestle to chase his tenant’s 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.
On receiving the information, the DPO Onipanu Division SP Sangobiyi Johnson led his men to the scene where the suspect was arrested.
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On interrogation, the suspect claimed to be under spiritual attacks which always make him to behave erratically sometimes.
The mother of the deceased who also sustained injury has been taken to the hospital where she is responding to treatment, while the corpse of the victim has been deposited at the State hospital mortuary for autopsy.
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 further investigation.
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi,
PPRO, Ogun State Police Command.
