Hunter In Police Net For Allegedly Killing 78-Year-Old Imam In Osun
For allegedly shooting and killing the 78-year-old Imam of Alaguntan village in Orile-Owu, Aiyedaade Local Government Area, whom he mistook for an antelope, a hunter is currently cooling his feet at the Osun State Police Command.
Speaking during the parade of criminal suspects at the State Police headquarters in Osogbo, the State capital on Tuesday, the Command’s Spokesperson, Superintendent (SP) Yemisi Opalola, said the suspect, who confessed to the alleged crime, would be charged to court at the completion of the investigation
According to SP Opalola: “On April 17, at about 11:30 a.m, a complainant from Ogbere Oloba area of Ibadan reported at a police station that his father, one Adegun Yusuf, 78, the Imam of Alaguntan village in Orile-Owu, was shot dead by a hunter from the same village.
“The suspect was later arrested and he confessed to the alleged crime. He (the suspect) explained that he was on a hunting expedition when he saw an antelope in the bush, which he shot at with his Dane gun, but that he was surprised when he went to pick up the antelope and met Baba Imam on the ground.”
SP Opalola said when the Police investigation is completed, the suspect would be charged to court as appropriate.
Similarly, the police spokesperson said the Command also arrested a 27-year-old man, who was allegedly sending telephone messages to a lawmaker in Osun and a judge, threatening to kidnap them and their children.
She said the suspect had sent a series of threat messages to his targets, demanding between N500,000 and N2 million from them, if they did not want to be kidnapped alongside their children.
Opalola said when the matter was reported, police detectives swung into action, adding that through serious efforts, the telephone number used in sending the threat messages was tracked and the suspect was arrested.
The Police Image maker further said other suspects arrested and being paraded by the Command included: three male suspects from Ile-Ogbo, who allegedly killed a 53-year-old woman, cut off her head, hands, and legs, and removed her heart for a money-making ritual.
She said that three suspected armed robbers, who usually trailed point of sales (POS) operators from their shops to their houses at Ikirun and then rob them of their money and valuables, were also arrested.
Opalola said a suspected armed robber, caught at the Aregbe area of Osogbo by police operatives while trying to dispossess a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger of their phones, was equally arrested.
The Command spokesperson, while urging all residents to support the Police by providing the timely information needed to rid the state of crime and criminal elements, assured that all the suspects would be charged to court after the completion of investigations. – NAN reports
