A native doctor, Idowu Talabi, has reportedly killed his 30-year-old co-tenant, Isau Oluwatobiloba, over accusation of stealing.
The suspect was arrested arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command on Sunday, following a report lodged at Ikenne Divisional Headquarters by the wife of the deceased.
When interrogated by the police, the self-acclaimed native doctor said he committed the dastardly act because the deceased was fond of accusing him of stealing.
The native doctor further said the allegation made him to matchet Oluwatobiloba to death when he discovered that the deceased was alone at home sleeping.
These were contained in a press release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL.7/178. 29/11/2022, by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
The wife of the deceased 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.
“Upon the report, the DPO Ikenne Division, CSP Ibrahim Ningi, led his 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,” the Ogun Police image-maker stated in the release.
Oyeyemi added: “This discovery 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, Idowu Talabi, who claimed to be a native doctor, confessed to been the person who killed the deceased.
“When asked the reason for the dastardly act, 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 Ogun Police image-maker further said the cutlass the native doctor used to kill his deceased co-tenant has since been recovered.
He disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.
