By: Oluwatosin Adesola
Three out of six persons suspected to have killed a Naval Sub-Lieutenant at Idoani in Ose local government area of Ondo State have been arrested and paraded by the State Police Command.; SUNSHINETRUTH can report.
Parading the suspects, the spokesperson of the Command, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, disclosed that the suspects were arrested while trying to flee the community after allegedly attacked and killed the Naval officer, named Akingbohun Samuel Ayomide.
Confessing to the attack, one of the suspects, Sambo Ayomide, 20year-old, explained that the late Sub-Lieutenat Akingbohun Ayomide was beaten and hit with a rod after a minor disagreement on road.
The suspect said the officer was beaten this week Monday because they thought he was a fake naval man, noting that they did not have intention of killing him.
Ayomide said trouble started when the late Naval officer slapped his friend on the face, but the passers-by resolved the issue and they all went their ways.
But shortly after, Johnson said the naval officer might be a fake military officer, hence they decided to go after him to verify.
Adeleke, Sambo Ayomide(20) and Shagari Francis(17) took a commercial motorbike and traced the Naval officer to where they were standing in the town.
Alighting from the bike, they pounced on the Naval officer and hit him with a rod. He was said to have been hit in the scrotum (private part).
When he was rushed to the hospital by his friend, Sub-Lieutenant Akingbagohun was confirmed dead.
Adeleke disclosed that one of their friends, Femi, sent an SMS to them informing them that the officer had given up the ghost.
The three of them met in a school in the community confused on what to do. He disclosed that while they were still deliberating on what to do, the military men and policemen arrived.
On sighting the security officers, they took to their heels, but Ayomide was unlucky, he was apprehended.
But he, Adeleke, and Francis, who is from Nasarawa, were arrested the following day.
Meanwhile, in his explanation, Ayomide owned up that he hit the Naval officer with rod when he was holding Adeleke’s trousers.
He said Adeleke later took the rod from him and hit the Naval officer with the rod also.
But he said he couldn’t know whether he hit him in the scrotum.
However, the the Police Spokesperson disclosed that it took joint efforts to get the suspects arrested, adding that the would be charged to Court next week Monday for immediate prosecution.
Odunlami said they were still on the look out for the fleeing motorbike rider who took the suspects to where they attacked the late Naval officer.
