After a violent argument over N200 at a block factory in the state’s Ota area, a suspected thug known as Aboy fatally stabbed Isreal Ayomide, an Ogun-based brick molder.
According to information obtained by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, the event happened early on April 1 at Ori-Ade Block, along Alaka Road, beneath the power line in the Rosiji neighborhood of the Ewupe community.
The culprit left the scene of the incident right away, according to community sources who talked with PUNCH Metro in separate interviews on Monday.
According to one of the sources, who went by the name Moyo, the fight barely lasted a few minutes before it became deadly. “The altercation lasted just a few minutes before Aboy pinned Ayomide down and stabbed him. He died before members of the community could rush him to the hospital,” Moyo said.
Another resident, Daniel, accused the Onipanu Police Division of detaining community members who reported the incident instead of pursuing the suspect.
“He (the suspect) is known for attacking people with bottles, especially during disputes. I think he acts that way because his mother was once a police officer.
“The police at Onipanu even detained people who went to report the incident. Instead of launching a manhunt to apprehend the suspect before he fled the community, they focused on the community leaders who reported the case. They were only granted bail the next day,” Daniel alleged.
The deceased’s father, Mr. Israel, described the events leading up to his son’s death in a different interview. He said that the day before the incident, he had intended to bar the suspect from his block industry.
The incident took place within my block industry at Obasanjo Farm. Aboy, a boy, stabbed my kid, Ayomide.
Around eight in the morning on that particular day, Aboy came at work before Ayomide. Before heading to buy dinner, my kid met him on the ground and started taking block pallets out of already constructed blocks.
incident during a telephone interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, said the command was working to apprehend the fleeing suspect.
He said, “The investigation is still ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspect. The claim linking a retired police officer to the probe is unfounded. We cannot divulge details of our investigation until it is concluded.
“Every effort is being made to secure the suspect’s apprehension. Even though investigations sometimes take a while, justice will ultimately be done.
