A policeman who killed two people at an accident scene in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital has been arrested even as 24-year-old bricklayer was recently apprehended for allegedly breaking into the house of a dead herbalist.
PUNCH Metro reports that after the accident, which involved a Lexus car and a Jincheng motorcycle occurred late on Tuesday night at the Omisanjana area of Ado-Ekiti, stray bullets from one of the police officers who came to the scene hit two persons.
A source the two victims, who were rushed to the hospital, were said to have died before getting to the medical facility.
The source said irate youths caused a stir in a bid to prevent the driver of the vehicle from escaping after his car had injured the motorcycle rider.
The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Mr Adeniran Akinwale, disclosed that “The command, upon the receipt of the information, deployed the State Traffic Section to the scene (of accident) to ensure there was no breakdown of law and order as well as ensure the safety of the victims.”
The commissioner, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer for the command, Sunday Abutu, said, “On getting to the scene, the operatives met resistance as some irate youths disallowed them from performing their lawful duty and insisted on carrying out jungle justice.
“This necessitated a call for re-enforcement to assist the officers on the ground.
“However, in the process, one of the officers accidentally fired a shot that fatally injured two persons.
“The officer responsible for the shooting has been disarmed, arrested and detained and shall be made to face disciplinary action immediately,” he stated.
The commissioner, who said the command was already in touch with the families of the two deceased persons condoled with the families and assured them that a discrete investigation had commenced and justice shall prevail.
In the meantime, Adedapo Ayobami the bricklayer, resident of the Oja Oba area, Osogbo, Osun State, was apprehended for allegedly breaking into the house of a herbalist where he stole some electronic appliances and kitchen utensils.
Ayobami was reportedly arrested by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command around the Osunjela community during a routine patrol.
In a release signed by the spokesperson for the command, Kehinde Adeleke, in Osogbo on Wednesday, the Osun NSCDC Commandant, Dr. Michael Adaralewa, while giving further details about the circumstances surrounding the arrest of the suspect, said Ayobami in his confessional statement explained that before his death, the herbalist had given him a spiritual soap meant to improve his (Ayobami’s) financial status.
Ayobami also informed the investigators that the herbalist told him he would be collecting the spiritual soap every month, adding that he collected for April and went back to collect the one for May, when he was told the herbalist had passed on.
It further read in parts, “The suspect was arrested on Thursday, May 23, 2024, in the afternoon, at the Osunjela area, Osun State by the NSCDC personnel who were on patrol in the area.
In his confessional statement, the suspect said that before the owner of the house died, he was a herbalist and he gave him a traditional soap to improve his financial status.
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“He said the herbalist told him he would be collecting the traditional soap every month. He went to the herbalist’s house to collect the soap for May, but on getting there, he was told the herbalist had died. He went home disappointed.
“The following day, Thursday, May 23, he went to the herbalist’s house, checked where he used to keep his key while alive, opened the door and carted away Plasma television, cooking utensils, Solar panel, bulbs, two different cable decoders and other household items.
“The suspect disclosed that he intended to sell the stolen items to unsuspecting members of the public.”
Adaralewa, who said even though some people in the neighbourhood where the crime was committed saw the suspect carrying some of the stolen items, they did not challenge him.
He enjoined members of the public to be security conscious, urging them to ask questions and report strange movements in their environment to security agencies in the state, noting that the suspect would be taken to court after the investigation had been concluded.
The Osun NSCDC had on Wednesday, May 15, said its operatives had arrested and recovered four motorcycles from a suspected serial motorcycle snatcher, Wahab Saburi, in Ede town.
