23 year old Adeoye Ikugbayigbe has been
arrested by the Ogun State Police Command
for beheading a 72 year old woman,
Funmilayo Shada, over a land dispute on
March 17th. Addressing newsmen in
Abeokuta, the state capital Monday, the
police Public Relations Officer in the state,
Abimbola Oyeyemi, said, son of the
deceased, Ekundayo Shada, filed a
complaint at the police station after sighting
the suspect with his mother’s severed head.
The suspect had attacked the deceased on
the farmland, severed her head and wrist
and put them in a bag.
“As soon as he sighted him, the
suspect dropped the bag and ran into
the bush. This aroused his suspicion
and he quickly ran to check his
mother but could not find her. He
later came back to check the bag
dropped by the suspect only for him
to discover his mother severed head
and her wrist in the said bag.
He quickly reported to the case to the
Police at about 1445hrs and
immediately the DPO Abigi Division,
SP Komolafe Omoniyi led detectives
to the scene, combed the surrounding
bush and finally got the suspect
arrested. On interrogation, he
confessed to the commission of the
crime claiming that he has beden
having running battle with the
deceased over a portion of land. The
severed head and the remains body
of the deceased has been deposited
in the mortuary while the cutlass he
used has also been recovered”
Oyeyemi said.
Oyeyemi said when interrogated, the suspect
said he had been in a running battle with
the deceased over a portion of land. He
added that the suspect has been transferred
to the Homicide section of the State
Criminal Investigation and Intelligent
Department (SCIID) for further investigation.
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