A man, Opeyemi Adeola Ganiyu, 28 has stabbed his mother-in-law, Abosede Oyewole, to death at the Atan area of Ogun State.
The suspect who had been on Police wanted list for his alleged involvement in the burning down of Atan police Station during last year’s EndSars protest committed the murder on May 3.
Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement, explained that:
“The suspect was arrested following a report made at Atan Ota Divisional Headquarters by Mr. Odunayo Mathew, who reported that the suspect, who is married to the daughter of the deceased, is fond of beating his wife on any slight provocation. On a fateful day, the suspect, as usual, beat up his wife and inflicted injuries on her, and that was the reason the deceased went to meet him in order to warn him to desist from beating her daughter.
“On sighting the deceased in his house, the suspect descended heavily on her, beat her mercilessly before stabbing her in her ribs with a knife.
The deceased was rushed to a hospital for treatment but gave up the ghost in the process.
Having heard that the victim has died, the suspect took to flight.
“The DPO Atan Ota division CSP Abolade Oladigbolu, there and then detailed his detectives to go after him and bring him to justice. The detectives embarked on an intelligence-based investigation, which led them to his hideout in Ikorodu, Lagos state, where he was eventually apprehended.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a member of a notorious cult group in the area. He was also one of those who led hoodlums to burn down the Atan Ota police division during the endsars protest and killed the divisional crime officer on October 21.
“Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, Mr. Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation”.
