Police Arrest Three For Allegedly Beating 23-Year-Old Man To Death

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Ogun State Police Command have arrested three men accused of beating a 23-year-old man to death for allegedly stealing a mobile phone.

Three suspects who are all residents of Iju Ota were arrested after the father of the victim, Ajibade Gbenga, reported to the Onipanu Police Divisional Headquarters that his son, Samuel, had been beaten to death for allegedly stealing two mobile phones.

According to the father of the victim, the suspects beat Samuel up till he lost consciousness and was confirmed dead on arrival when he was rushed to the General Hospital in Ota for medical attention.

Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement issued on Sunday said after the complaint, the Chief Superintendent of Police in the division, Bamidele Job, led his detectives to the scene and arrested the three suspects.

According to the statement, save for the intervention of the police, a mob would have lynched the three suspects after realising that the young man had died.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo-Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution,” the statement partly read.

Oyeyemi added that the police commissioner warned against any form of jungle justice in the state.

He urged members of the public to always report anyone suspected to have committed a crime to law enforcement agencies for proper investigation and prosecution.

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