A 25-year-old man, Bisi Omoniyi, was arrested on Friday, October 25, 2021 by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for killing a 50-year-old man by inflicting him with machete cuts when he met him in his lover’s room.
The lady in the midst of the deadly rivalry fight has however taken flight.
Thenewsbearer learnt that preliminary investigation revealed that the victim, Akinyemi Wahab Alani a.k.a Ajiolopon, was with the lady, also his lover, one Kafayat Sakariyau, in her room apartment at Ajilete Town to pass the night with her when Omoniyi, who also intended to pass the night with her came knocking but was denied entry.
The suspect, who came from Ibasa area of Oke Odan, became infuriated by the entry denial that he forced his way into the woman’s room and met Alani in a position he described as unacceptable to him.
This led to a fight between the duo, leading to the suspect picking a cutlass in the room and inflicting machete cuts on the victim till he died.
Confirming the story on Sunday, October 17, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that the suspect was arrested after the police in Owode Egbado divisional headquarters got a distress call that a young man had killed another man in Ajilete town.
“Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, Owode Egbado, CSP Olabisi Elebute quickly mobilized the divisional patrol team to the scene, where the suspect was promptly arrested. The victim was rushed to hospital but was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
“The body of the deceased has been deposited at the general hospital mortuary for autopsy, while the woman at the centre of the crisis has since taken flight,” the PPRO stated.
He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
