Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a 30-year-old man, Michael Ogundele, for allegedly sh@@ting his sister’s boyfriend, identified as Tobi Olabisi, in Idiroko area of the state.
The suspect was arrested on Friday, February 3, following a report at Idiroko divisional police headquarters by a community leader identified as Alfa Akeem in Ihunbo town.
The command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Sunday, February 5, said that the complainant had stormed the police station with the victim to report the matter.
Akeem reported that the suspect who have been warning the victim to stop having love affair with his younger sister fired a g¥nshot at him, but the victim narrowly escaped d£ath.
According to Oyeyemi, “On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have warned the victim to desist from dating his younger sister, but he refused.
On the fateful day, he got a hint that Olabisi was sleeping in his sister’s room and he went there with a dane g¥n.
On getting there, the victim had jumped out through the window when he was sh@t by the suspect.
The victim was thereafter rushed to theGeneral Hospital, Idiroko, “where he is currently responding to treatment.”
