- She disclosed that the suspect was apprehended following a complaint received on March 25 that a motorcycle, marked KAK 136 VF, was stolen and the rider was nowhere to be found
One Dolapo Babalola has allegedly killed his childhood friend, one Evangelist Opeyemi Oyelakin, in Ondo State.
The 39-year-old suspect, who has since been arrested by the police in the South West state, also stole the deceased motorcycle.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, made this known while addressing newsmen in Akure on Sunday.
According to her, the incident happened on March 15 in Ondo town.
She disclosed that the suspect was apprehended following a complaint received on March 25 that a motorcycle, marked KAK 136 VF, was stolen and the rider was nowhere to be found.
She added that following the report, detectives swung into action and arrested Babalola on the same date.
During interrogations, the suspect confessed that “the said Opeyemi Oyelakin, the ‘deceased’, was his childhood friend, and they had not seen for a very long time until March 14, 2024”.
The police spokesperson explained that the suspect and one Sikiru Mutiu, aka S.K., still at large on the day Oyelakin was killed told him to carry them on his motorcycle to their farm at Oke-Igbo Area.
“As soon as they dropped, Mutiu gripped Oyelakin from behind while Babalola used stick and stone to hit him on his head until he died.
“The corpse was dragged to a shallow pit, and they covered it with leaves before his motorcycle was stolen,” the spokesperson quoted the suspect as saying
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