Two men who allegedly stole their neighbour’s, Bajaj motorcycle, killed the owner and dumped his body in the bush have been apprehended by men of Ogun State Police Command.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the two suspects; Patrick Udom, 35, from Akwa Ibom State and Roland James, 25, from Delta State have been arrested.
Oyeyemi said they were arrested following a complaint by the elder brother of the victim, one Moses Utuede, who reported at Obalende Divisional headquarters that his younger brother, Happy Patrick left home around 7 a.m. on 15th of May 2018 and had not returned with his motorcycle.
He said “On the strength of the report, the DPO Sp Jaiye Richard detailed detectives to embark on full scale investigation in order to unravel the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the victim.
“Investigation later revealed that the victim was last seen with Patrick Udom and he was promptly arrested.
“After a thorough investigation, the said Patrick Udom confessed to have killed the victim ably assisted by Roland James.
“He stated further that the victim who lives in the same community of Imodi-Imosan with them was killed because they wanted to steal his motorcycle which they actually did after killing him.
“The body of the deceased which was concealed in a sack and thrown into a nearby bush has been recovered.
“Also recovered from them are the two cutlasses, one hammer and a digger used in the killing of the deceased.
“Meanwhile, Ahmed Iliyasu, the Commissioner of Police, has ordered that the case be transferred to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence for discrete investigation and prosecution of the suspects,” he said.
