Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command say they have arrested a native doctor, Idowu Talabi, for allegedly killing his 30- year- old co- tenant, Isau Oluwatobiloba.
Crime report from the command indicated that he was nabbed on Sunday 27th of November 2022.
NOTM gathered that the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ikenne divisional headquarters of the command by the wife of the deceased.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said she had reported that she returned from Church vigil at about 6.00 am only to discover the lifeless body of her husband lying in the pool of his own blood in their house at No 4, Best way Moro Street, Ikenne, having been matcheted to death by an unknown person.
Acting on the report, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Ibrahim Ningi, led detectives to the scene, where it was discovered that the deceased was matcheted to death while sleeping on his bed.
It was also discovered that there was no break-in at the scene and nothing was removed from the room.
Oyeyemi said these clues pointed to the fact that the killing was carried out by an insider, hence all the occupants of the house were invited to the station for interrogation.
After a thorough investigation, he stated that the suspect, Idowu Talabi, who claimed to be a native doctor confessed being the person who killed the deceased.
When asked the reason for the dastardly act, the state police spokesman added that the suspect alleged that the deceased was fond of accusing him of stealing, and that was what infuriated him to matchet him to death when he discovered that the deceased was alone at home sleeping.
The cutlass he used to commit the crime has since been recovered.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and prosecution.
