Joy Anyim
The Ogun state Police Command have arrested three suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of a couple in Shagamu area of the state.
The suspects, Ibrahim Uthman, Aba Abdulkareem and Abdulhamid Ibrahim had attempted to rob the couple, James Olaosebikan, 72, and Esther Olaosebikan, 68, on June 30, 2019, at their house situated at K.M 54 Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Shagamu.
However, the couple recognised one of the suspects and questioned why he would do such to them, considering how close he was to the family. To silence the couple, the suspects used machetes to cut them into pieces.
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According to their son, Joseph Olaosebikan who reported at Shagamu police station, the assailants accessed the house through the ceiling and macheted his parents to death.
Upon the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama gave a matching order to the DPO Shagamu Division, SP Okiki Agunbiade to fish out the killers within the shortest possible time.
The Ogun Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), who confirmed the incident said, “ In compliance with the CP’s directive, the DPO and his men embarked on technical and forensic investigation of the case and their efforts yielded positive result, on July 12, 2019, when three members of the gang were apprehended.
“ On interrogation, they confessed been a robbery gang and that one of their member who is now at large invited them for the purpose of robbing the deceased as well as a nearby shop.
“ But on getting to the house, they discovered that the couple recognised one of them, hence they matcheted them to death.”
Meanwhile, CP Makama has ordered the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), to take over the case for proper investigation.
The state police boss also directed that the fleeing member of the gang must be brought to book within the shortest possible time.
