Police arrest 28-year-old man for stabbing friend to death in Ogun

A 28-year old man, Oni Olohunwa, is in police custody having been arrested by officers attached to the Ogun State Police Command for culpable homicide.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, said the suspect was arrested on Sunday, May 5 following a report by Wasiu Raheem who reportedly took the injured victim to Ogijo Police Station.

The police spokesman explained that Raheem had reported that the suspect and the victim were both attending a party but the victim got drunk and started misbehaving.

While the suspect was trying to caution him, an argument ensued between them and the suspect brought out a knife with which he stabbed the deceased in the chest as well as back.

“On the strength of the report, the DPO Ogijo Division, CSP Baba Muhammed, quickly detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.

“The victim Baraka Taiwo was rushed to a nearby hospital but died while receiving treatment,” he said.

Oyeyemi added that his corpse had been deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) Sagamu for post mortem examination.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Cp Bashir Makama, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.