Man accused of killing neighbour with charm

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating his 42-year-old neighbour, Augustine Ode, to death with a charm. A statement by the police spokesman in Abeokuta, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the incident occurred at Alapako-Eke, Ibogun, Ifo Local Government of Ogun State. It said that trouble started when a fight broke out between  the […]

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating his 42-year-old neighbour, Augustine Ode, to death with a charm.

A statement by the police spokesman in Abeokuta, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the incident occurred at Alapako-Eke, Ibogun, Ifo Local Government of Ogun State.

It said that trouble started when a fight broke out between  the deceased and the suspect who  dashed to his room and reappeared with the charm.

The suspect was said to have used charm to hit the deceased,  resulting in his death.

“The case was  reported to the Ibogun police station by the brother of the deceased and the DPO, Mr Nicholas Tamuno-Inam,  led detectives to the scene and arrested the  suspect,’’  the statement  said.

It  added that the remains of the deceased had been deposited at Ifo General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu,  had  directed that the case be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution. (NAN)