The Ondo State Police Command has paraded one Mr Monday Chukwu, a 34-year-old resident of Akintola village in the Odigbo area of the state for allegedly stabbing his friend, Kefa Ofando, to death.
Chukwu was one of the twelve suspects arrested for committing crimes ranging from murder, robbery to arson.
The suspects were paraded before journalists at the Ondo State Police Command Headquarters in Akure, the state capital by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abayomi Oladipo.
In his address to journalist, the CP noted that investigations revealed that late Ofando, aged 30, had borrowed the suspect the sum of two thousand Naira, which, when demanded a few days later, led to an argument during which the suspect stabbed the victim with scissors on his neck and the victim died from injury sustained.
Also among the 12 suspects is a 16-year old secondary school student, Precious Kolawole, who allegedly involved in the killing of a popular Akure based Caterer, Mrs. Adeniyi Iyabode, at her residence along Oda Road in Akure.
Oladipo noted that investigations had earlier led to the arrest of Precious’ accomplice, one 17 year old Philip Emmanuel, who in a voluntary statement, expressed their individual degrees of involvement in the dastardly act.
“The first Suspect, Precious Kolawole, claimed to have heard Mrs. Adeniyi talking about receiving a substantial amount of money through her bank account and, on the heels of this, recruited Philip Emmanuel, the second suspect, to jointly murder the victim gruesomely,” the CP said.
“Clinical investigation revealed knife wounds inflicted by Philip Emmanuel and machete cuts by Precious Kolawole, resulting in the death of the victim. It was also gathered that the victim successfully withdrew the sum of thirty thousand Naira from her account via her ATM card.”
Four persons who are members of a syndicate who specialise in stealing brain box of vehicles in Ondo State were also paraded. The Suspects confessed to the crime, saying that they spend just five minutes to remove any vehicle brain box.
The CP emphasised that, “The Ondo State Police Command in its commitment to tackling crime and maintaining public order, have in the past weeks made significant strides in apprehending suspects involved in serious offences.”
He urged members of the public to always be vigilant in detecting crime and fostering a safer environment for all, adding that the suspects would soon be charged to court upon conclusion of the investigations.
