P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspect, Ogundele, has been arrested by the Police operatives from the Ogun State Command and detained for interrogation over his conduct.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who stated that the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Idiroko Divisional headquarters by Alpha Akeem, a community leader in Ihunbo town, who came to the station with the injured victim and reported that the suspect, who had been warning the victim to stop having love affair with his younger sister fired a gunshot at him but the victim narrowly escaped death.
Upon the report, the DPO Idiroko Division, CSP Ayo Akinsowon, quickly mobilized his detectives to go after the suspect and he was subsequently arrested and detained for interrogation.
During interrogation, the suspect admitted to have shot him and claimed to have warned the victim to desist from dating his younger sister but he refused.
He told the Police that on the fateful day, he got information that the victim was sleeping in his sister’s room and he went there with a Dane gun.
On getting there, the victim jumped out from the window in a bid to escape the likely consequence when he was shot by the suspect.
The victim was quickly rushed to General Hospital, Idiroko, where he is currently responding to treatment.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.