Man Murder 65yrs Old Woman For Allegedly Stealing

Mary Ogundiran a 65years old woman was murdered by a cocoa farmer (name withheld) for the stealling cocoa pod in his farm Ofosu, Idanre area Ondo state.

The suspect has been arrested and has been detained by the police for more questioning.

It was gathered that the suspect supposedly killed the deceased for going into his farm to pluck cocoa without authorization.

The suspect was among nine others, including kidnap, robbery and murder suspects paraded by the state’s Commissioner of Police, Gbenga Adeyanju, in Akure.

The suspect accused the deceased of regularly stealing pods from his farm even after several warnings. He reportedly hit the deceased with a stick on her head after finding her again on his farm and it reportedly resulted in her death.

The suspect was later picked by detectives after a formal complaint was made by the relations of the victim, who absolved her of stealing as alleged by the suspect. They reportedly accused the suspect of murdering the victim.

Meanwhile, also paraded were three members of a cult group, known as Arobaga. One of them, (name withheld ), who claimed he was forcefully initiated into the confraternity, was arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl.

The Police Command also paraded two notorious robbers and a serial burglar and recovered from them a single-barrelled gun and two pump action rifles.

The Police Commissioner said the Command is doing everything possible to rid the state of criminals, adding that the suspects will be charged to court after completion of investigations, to serve as the deterrent to others.