The
police in Ogun have arrested a
30-year-old panel beater, Wasiu Yusuf, for ...allegedly stabbing his
friend, Adeolu Olatoye, to death in Abeokuta. Another suspect in the
alleged killing of the 32-year-old graphic artist, Mukaila Popoola, is
currently on the run. The suspect’s wife, 26-year-old Busayo, is also in
detention at the Adatan Police Station. The victim, the suspect and his
alleged accomplice lived in the same premises before the incident.
Our correspondent gathered that Adeolu
was allegedly killed by Yusuf and his accomplice in their residence in
the Oke-Efon area of Abeokuta for allegedly having an affair with his
wife.
Olatoye was said to have met his death
barely two weeks after he named his new born child. The victim was also
said to be making preparations for his mother’s 80th birthday. Police sources disclosed that during
interrogation, the suspect allegedly confessed to attacking the deceased
when he visited his wife in their matrimonial home.
The suspect was said to have further
claimed that the victim mistakenly stabbed himself during a scuffle
between them while attempting to escape from his room. But an eyewitness, who pleaded
anonymity, claimed that Olatoye had gone to his friend’s room on the
middle floor of the two-storey building to give him an invitation card
for his mother’s 80th birthday scheduled to hold on Saturday when the
suspect allegedly attacked him with broken bottles.
The deceased’s elder brother, Akinyemi
Olatoye, also insisted that his late brother had gone to his alleged
attacker’s home to drop a copy of the invitation card for their mother’s
birthday.
Akinyemi
said his deceased brother and the suspect were bossom friends.
Confirming the incident, the acting
State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the police
were investigating the incident. He said, “Information at our disposal
is that the suspect met the deceased on his wife inside their room.”
Culled from Punch
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