James Olaosebikan, 72, and
Esther Olaosebikan, 68, were murdered by unknown assailants on June 30 in their
house situated at KM 54 Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Shagamu.
Police spokesperson in the
state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest on Wednesday. He said a son of
the deceased, Joseph Olaosebikan, reported to the Shagamu police station said
the assailants accessed the house through the ceiling and macheted his parents
to death.
“Upon the report, the
Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, gave a marching order to the DPO Shagamu
Division, SP Okiki Agunbiade, to fish out the killers within the shortest
possible time,” Mr Oyeyemi said.
He said the police
investigated the case and on July 12 arrested three suspects, namely: Ibrahim
Uthman, Aba Abdulkareem and Abdulhamid Ibrahim were apprehended.
“On interrogation, they
confessed to being a robbery gang and that one of their member who is now at
large invited them for the purpose of robbing the deceased as well as a nearby
shop. But on getting to the house, they discovered that the couple recognised
one of them, hence they matcheted them to death.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner
of Police has ordered the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation
and Intelligence Department to take over the case for proper investigation, and
also to apprehend the fleeing member of the gang.
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