Driver, 40, Arrested For Killing Woman In Attempt To Rape Her

LUCKY LAWAL

A 40-year old man, Abiodun Idowu, has been arrested by officers of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly strangling a co-worker to death in an attempt to rape her.

The suspect who worked as a driver in a pure water producing company with the deceased was arrested by police on Tuesday 29th of May, 2018.

According to the information gathered by the police, Abiodun works as a driver in a pure water producing company where the deceased, 38-year old Hamzat, also worked as an accountant. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that the arrest of the suspect followed a complaint by one Owolabi Moses who reported at Onipanu Divisional headquarters that the suspect who was a driver in his pure water factory has been disturbing the deceased who was an accountant in the same factory for love affair but the deceased had refused his advances. He stated further that on that fateful day, the deceased was alone in the factory when the suspect came in and attempted to forcefully have carnal knowledge of her. While the victim was struggling with him, he strangled her to death.

On the strength of the report, the DPO Onipanu Division, SP Sangobiyi Johnson, led detectives to the scene where they met the suspect unconscious. Investigation revealed that the driver having realised that he had committed a serious crime, made efforts to kill himself by drinking hypo bleach and Izal disinfectant. The DPO and his men quickly rushed him to a hospital for medical attention where he was treated and discharged before being taken into custody.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence department for proper investigations and prosecution.