The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a landlord in Onipanu area , Ota, in Ado Odo / Ota Local Government Area of the state, Sunday Omosule , for allegedly killing the son of one of his tenants with a pestle.
The deceased was four - year - old Joseph Akpan .
The landlord , according to police report, allegedly chased his tenants with the pestle until he caught up with the victim ’s mother.
The state Police Public Relations Officer , Abimbola Oyeyemi, said as he caught up with the mother who was carrying the baby , he hit the mother in the hand and hit the baby on the head with the pestle.
Oyeyemi said , “ The landlord was arrested following a distress call received by Police at Onipanu Divisional headquarters of the command at Ota.
“ The distress call had it that the said landlord went berserk and started using pestle to chase his tenants , consequent upon which he used the said pestle to hit the mother of the deceased on the hand before using it to hit the victim on the head . ”
After receiving the information , Oyeyemi said , the Divisional Police Officer , Onipanu Division , Sangobiyi Johnson , led his men to the scene where the suspect was arrested .
On interrogation, Oyeyemi said , the suspect claimed to be under spiritual attacks which always “ make him to behave erratically sometimes . ”
Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police , said the mother of the deceased who , sustained injury in the attack , has been taken to the hospital where she is responding to treatment .
He said the remains of the victim had been deposited in the mortuary at the State General Hospital , Ota , for autopsy.
Meanwhile , the state Commissioner of Police , Ahmed Iliyasu , has ordered that the suspect be transferred to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Abeokuta , for further investigation .
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