Police in Ogun, last Wednesday 24th November 2021 apprehended a 78 years old man, Moshood Habibu for hacking his 94 years old brother Sallisu Surakatu to death over land matter.
A statement from the image Imaker of Ogun state Police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Aminu Tajudeen who is the deceased son
According to the statement ” the suspect came to the deceased house at Kara Ewumi village Mowe, where he matcheted him to death over a disagreement on land matter.
Upon the report, the Dpo Mowe division, CSP Saminu Akintunde, quickly mobilized his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested. ”
The Statement disclosed that when the suspect was interrogated , he claimed that the deceased sold a plot from their family land and didn’t give him his own share of the proceeds, and that he went there that morning to demand for his own share which led to hot argument between them.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect went to the deceased house armed with cutlass, and when he got there, the deceased who was visually impaired didn’t know he came with cutlass. While the deceased was asking him to leave his house, he descended heavily on him and matcheted him to death.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
