Man Killed on Burial Day in Ogun

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A man has been stabbed to death by another at a burial ceremony in Ogun State.

According to the Police, a 23-year-old man identified as Isikilu Shittu was allegedly stabbed to death by one Julius Oliseh, 32, following a spat at a burial ceremony today in Ogun.

Ogun State police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, told NewsmakersNG that the suspected killer was arrested at about 2 pm after a complaint was lodged at Mowe Police Station by the victim’s brother, Akeem Shittu.

The brother had reported that he was at a burial party with the victim in Ogunru Village, via Mowe when an argument ensued between the suspect and his late brother over an undisclosed matter.

He told the police that the suspected killer broke a bottle during the argument, stabbed the victim on the neck, and he died on the spot.

“Upon the report, the DPO Mowe Division, CSP Francis Ebhuoma, led his men to the scene where the suspect who has been struggling to escape was promptly arrested and taken to the station for interrogation,” Oyeyemi revealed in a statement.

He added that the victim’s body has been deposited at the general hospital morgue for autopsy.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for proper investigation and prosecution. He also warned that the command would not tolerate any act of thuggery or hooliganism capable of sending innocent people to untimely death because human life is sacred. The CP, therefore, assured the general public that the suspect, in this case, will face the full wrath of the law so as to serve as a deterrent to others like him.

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