40-year-old beats motorcyclist to death in Ogun

By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta

A 40-year-old man, Michael Salako has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for beating to death one Abudu, a commercial motorcyclist popularly called Okada to death at Lafenwa area of Abeokuta.

Michael was said to have been arrested last Wednesday, after a distress call was received by the DPO Lafenwa divisional headquarters, at about 12 noon, that an Okada rider had been beaten to death at Sanni street, Lafenwa Abeokuta

The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi  in a statement on Sunday, said acting upon this distress call, the DPO, CSP Samuel Aladegoroye was said to have mobilized his men and moved to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.

On interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to have known the deceased in their community informed the police that he had asked the deceased to take him somewhere with his motorcycle the previous day but he refused.

Michael stated further that when he saw the Okada rider on that fateful day, he tried to question him for refusing to take him out the previous day and that led to fight between them.

He disclosed further that while they were fighting the deceased collapsed and gave up the ghost.

The corpse of the victim simply identified as Abudu has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.