April 08, (THEWILL) – Police in Ogun State have arrested a 23-year-old man, Ikenna James, for allegedly raping and killing his 29-year-old neighbour, Oluwatosin Adefisayo, in Ogijo area of the state.
The suspect, who lives in the same compound with the deceased, connived with his friend, now on the run, to rape Adefisayo, a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University
James and his cohort broke into the victim’s room in the night through the ceiling, while she was asleep and forcefully had sex with her before strangling her to death.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta on Thursday.
Oyeyemi said that the neighbours including the parents of the suspect, woke up in the morning only to discover that the apartment of the deceased had been broken into.
“The neighbors there and then invited the local vigilante to the scene, and while at the scene, Ikenna was seen coming down from the ceiling where he had been hiding after the dastardly act.”
“He was quickly held down, while distress call was made to the police at Ogijo divisional headquarters”, he added
The Police PRO said that upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Onatufeh Umoh, quickly led his men to the scene and got the suspect arrested.
“On interrogation, Ikenna James, whose partner in crime has ran away, confessed to the committing the crime, he also informed the police that they decided to kill the victim after raping her because they discovered that she recognised them”, he said.
Oyeyemi, who said that the parents of the suspects had given up on him because of his bad habit, said that they appealed to the authority to ensure that appropriate punishment is given to him as he his the black sheep of the family.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.
The CP also directed that his accomplice must be hunted for and brought to book.
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