A 51-year-old man identified as Oluranti Badejo has been arrested by Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for the alleged murder of his wife, Folasade Badejo.
The incident happened at Orimerunmu, Mowe in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government area of the state.
According to the Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Badejo was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by the younger sister of the deceased, who said she had received information from her elder sister’s daughter that her elder sister had been beaten to death by her husband.
Upon the report, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, quickly dispatched the divisional detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
“The lifeless body of the victim was then evacuated to the mortuary in Shagamu for post-mortem examination.
“Having realized that he had killed his wife, the suspect used hot iron to burn parts of the body of the deceased, so as to look like she was electrocuted. However, their 8-year-old daughter was there and witnessed the whole thing. She then reported to her aunt that she saw her father strangulating her mother to death.
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Oyeyemi further said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be taken to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
