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Sad! Man, 37, Beats Wife To Death In Ogun
A man identified as Mutiu Sonola,37, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for beating his wife, Zainab Shotayo to death.
The suspect kept hitting his wife on a minor issue until she slumped and went into a coma, Mutiu immediately fled the scene of the incident upon realizing she might die.
He was however arrested by the Ogun State Police Command, Ibara Division, after Zainab was confirmed dead by a Doctor at the State Hospital, Ijaiye where she was rushed to by her father on alerting him by neighbors.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State Police spokesperson, confirmed that Mutiu will be transferred to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution as they wait for the autopsy.
He spoke further,
"The suspect was arrested on Wednesday 25 December 2019 following a report by the father of the deceased who complained at the Ibara division that he was called on the phone that his daughter was having a misunderstanding with her husband and that she has been beaten to coma by her husband
“He said he quickly rushed to the scene and carried his daughter to the General Hospital, Ijaiye where she was confirmed dead.
"As soon as the suspect realized that the victim is dead, he took off, but the Divisional Police Officer, Ibara Division, Dada Olusegun, mobilized his men and went after him.
“His hiding was located and he was arrested”
A man, 22, jumped into the lagoon from the third mainland bridge yesterday. The man identified as Daibo Toju Davies resides at 17, Sosanya street, Gbagada.
A report said that he had engaged the services of an Uber taxi from a hospital before the occurrence. He allegedly stopped the Uber on the bridge pretending to be having a running stomach before plunging into the lagoon.
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency public affairs officer, Nosa Okunbor said they are making efforts to rescue the man.
He said;
“He should be in his mid-twenties. He ordered a car-hailing service from Gbagada to the Island. He deceived the UBER driver that he had a running stomach after which he jumped into the lagoon.
“As I speak with you, the marine unit of the Lagos central zone has been searching for the victim since 11:30 am, but we have not found the body.”
Two luggage with his personal effects and affidavit were discovered on him.
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Police van has allegedly been used for commercial purposes in Lagos. This is due to the ban on commercial motorcycle and tricycle popularly known as Okada and Keke Napep in some parts of Lagos.
This is captured by a Twitter user @caren_diala who captured the moment Lagosian rushed to get a seating space in a police van.
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A video has surfaced online showing some policemen arrested by their colleagues for obtaining bribe.
Also, the officers are attached to the Nigeria Police Special Squad ‘Operation Puff Adder’. So, they stormed the spot in patrol their patrol van and arrested the officers collecting bribe at the Ijesha area of Lagos State.
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