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30-year-old man in police net for shooting sister’s lover

A 30-year-old identified as Michael Ogundele is currently cooling off in one of the cells at the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Department, Ogun state Police Command for shooting and injuring his younger sister’s lover Tobi Olabisi.

Nigeriacrime.com learned that Michael shot the victim for having a love affair with his younger sister.

The suspect according to the police was arrested following a report lodged at Idiroko Divisional Headquarters by Alpha Akeem a community leader in Ihunbo town.

It was learned that the community leader Alpha Akeem came to the station with the injured victim and reported that the suspect who have been warning the victim to stop having a love affair with his younger sister fired a gunshot at him, but the victim narrowly escaped death.

Based on the report, the DPO Idiroko Division, CSP Ayo Akinsowon quickly mobilised his detectives to go after the suspect and he was subsequently arrested.

The victim was quickly rushed to General Hospital, Idiroko where “he is currently responding to treatment”

Suspects account:

In his defense, Michael Ogundele said that he had warned the victim to desist from dating his younger sister but he refused.”

“On a fateful day, I got information that the victim was sleeping in my sister’s room so I went there with a Dane gun.

On getting there, he jumped out from the window to escape the likely consequence when I shot him.”

Confirming the arrest, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command said that on interrogation, the suspect claimed to have warned the victim to desist from dating his younger sister but refused.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.

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