FasasiA 37-year-elderly person, Mutiu Sonola, has been captured by the Ogun State Police Command for purportedly beating his 34-year-old spouse, Zainab Shotayo, to death.
The Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who affirmed the episode on Thursday, said the suspect was captured on Wednesday following a report by the dad of the deceased.
Mr Oyeyemi said the dad grumbled at ibara police division that he was approached telephone that his daughter was having a misconception with her husband and was beaten to comma by the spouse.
He said the complainant further told the police that he immediately dashed to the scene and surged his clinic, Ijaye, where the specialist affirmed her dead.
He said that when the speculate understood that the unfortunate casualty is dead, he fled.
“On the strength of the report, the DPO Ibara division SP Dada Olusegun gathered his analysts and pursued the suspect. His hiding place was eventually located and he was promptly arrested,” Mr Oyeyemi added.
He said preliminary investigation revealed that the man is fond of beating the deceased at any slight provocation and that the incident of that fateful day was a very minor disagreement.
He said the corpse of the deceased has been deposited at a mortuary for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
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