Officers of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 27-Year old man for killing his girlfriend who is an undergraduate student of Gateway Polytechnic, Sapade, Ogun State.
In a Press Release issued by the state command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the deceased named Idowu Buhari was beaten to death by the boyfriend known as John Obeta.
According to the press statement, the 27-year-old suspect who specializes in internet fraud, confirmed the kiling of her girlfriend for refusing to give him the money his client paid into her account.”
Oyeyemi revealed that the deceased was an HND1 Mass Communication student of Gateway polytechnic in Saapade. He noted that those who attempted to stop the boyfriend from beating her to death could not gain access to the room because he locked his door.
After a distress call was made to the police station by the suspect’s neighbours, officers stormed the scene only to meet the victim in a pool of blood. She died before she could get to the state hospital in Ishara where she was rushed to.
The suspect, who is from Enugu State has been transferred to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole.
