Suspect arrested as police probe Ogun man’s death
Samuel Omotere and Oluwabusola Balogun
The Ogun State Police Command has begun a probe into the death of a man, Taiwo Akinsola, and has also arrested a suspected robber, in separate areas of the state.
Akinsola was confirmed dead a few hours after he was found on the floor vomiting foam in the backyard of his house on Thursday around 4 a.m. at the Ondo Road, Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.
A police source, who was privy to the incident but was not permitted to speak to the media, told our correspondent on Sunday that the deceased’s girlfriend, Temitope Taiwo, who had been living with him for three years, noted that she could not find her lover beside her on the bed that morning, so she searched for him and went to the spot where he smoked and found him lying dead.
It was said that Taiwo revealed that the food (bread and beans) they ate for dinner on Thursday was bought from a food seller at the roadside. She also said she did not know any of his family members and had no information about them.
When the operatives of the police got to the venue, they found him naked, and there was no sign of an attack on his body. He was later taken to the State Hospital at Ijebu-Ode, where he was declared dead by a doctor.
When PUNCH Metro contacted the spokesperson for the state command, Omolola Odutola, she said a preliminary investigation was in progress as an autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of the death. She said efforts to reach the family members of the deceased were in top gear.
“On May 23, 2024, at about 07:10 hours, one Temitope Taiwo, ‘F’, of 23, Oludia Streeet, off Ondo Road, Ijebu-Ode, aged 43, reported that on May 22, 2024, at about 22:00 hours, she returned home at the aforementioned address with her man friend, Taiwo Akinsola, ‘M’, of Aboto, Ondo State, aged 46, whom she had been cohabiting with for the past three years, adding that she did not know any of his relatives or his home town.
“On the above-mentioned day, both ate bread and beans bought from a roadside food vendor before going to bed, and when she woke up in the morning at about 04:00 hours, and could not find her man on the bed, she searched for him, and on reaching the backyard where he usually smoked, she found him lying lifeless on the ground, foaming profusely from the mouth.
“On the receipt of the complaint, detectives led by the DCO 1 visited the scene, and his body was found naked without marks of violence. Photographs were taken, and the body was afterwards removed to the State General Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, where he was confirmed dead by the doctor, and the corpse was deposited in the same hospital’s mortuary for autopsy for the cause of death to be ascertained,” Odutola said.
In another development, a suspected armed robber, Olawale Adesola, was arrested by the police after an operation on Saturday in Oju Ore, Ota area of the state.
The suspect was said to have robbed a house with his partner, Taofeek, where they shot and injured two persons, Sidikat Gbadamosi and Taiwo Gbadamosi, when they stormed the place.
Adesola was arrested by a patrol team that was mobilised after a report of the incident was made to the police, while his partner escaped. The injured victims were said to have been rushed to the state hospital at Ota.
The state command spokesperson, Odutola, confirmed the incident and said that the suspect had made a useful statement, and efforts were being intensified to arrest the fleeing suspect, the case would be transferred.
“On May 25, 2024, at 22:00 hours, one Raufu Gbadamosi ‘M’ of No. 63, Arogunmola Street, Oju Ore, Ota, came to the station and reported that at about 21:00 hours of the same date, two armed men invaded his house at the above address, shot and wounded one Sidikat Gbadamosi ‘F’ and Taiwo Gbadamosi ‘F’, in a bid to dispose of their property.
“Upon the report, a patrol team was mobilised to the neighbourhood for combing; fortunately, one Olawale Adesola ‘M’ was arrested and one locally made pistol was recovered from him, while his accomplice, one Taofeek ‘M’, with a surname unknown was arrested,” Odutola said.
