Oyo State Police arrests alleged Killer of evangelist
Segun Showunmi in Ibadan
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested, a suspect, Abegunde Olaniyi, for allegedly killing Mrs Grace Ajibola, an Evangelist with Christ Apostolic Church, (CAC) Oke Imole, Agbeni, Ibadan, Oyo State Capital.
Penpushing reports that the Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu while addressing the press on Tuesday at the Command Headquarter in Eleyele, Ibadan said that “on 17th March, 2020 at about 1100hrs, one Mrs Grace Ajibola, an Evangelist with Christ Apostolic Church, (CAC) Oke Imole Agbeni, Ibadan was brutally attacked, robbed and killed in her residence at Oluyole area of Ibadan by one Abegunde Olaniyi.
The police boss noted that the criminal assailant who had been an errand boy to the victim hit her with a wooden object, strangulated her and later carted away her Tecno Cell Phone and three Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards having discovered a huge sum of money about N2million in the victims bank account when the victim sent him to withdraw money for her via the Automated Teller Machine in one of the new generation bank at Apata Area, Ibadan.
The commissioner explained further that as soon as the incident was reported at Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office, a team of operatives embarked on discreet investigation to fished out the criminal assailant and was later arrested in his hideout in Akure, Ondo State.
Penpushing also reports that, Olukolu said the suspect had confessed to the crime and explained in details how he had already withdrawn cash sum ofN120, 000 from the victim’s bank account before he was arrested.
The Police Commissioner added that one Tecno Cell Phone and two Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Cards belonging to the victims and the wooden that the suspect used to hit the victim was recovered.
Penpushing further reports that the Commissioner of Police pointed out that the press briefing was held to showcase the arrest of suspected notorious armed robbers/criminal receivers, kidnappers, impersonators terrorizing the state.
The police boss maintained that the command has not rested on its oars but have constantly continued to redouble its efforts by carrying out massive deployments of additional manned Police patrol vehicles across the state.
Penpushing also reports that Olukolu however called on the people of the state to support the police via community policing based partnership with the Oyo State Police Command through giving credible information that will assist the security agency in curbing the activities of the criminal elements in the state.
Meanwhile, the suspect while speaking with journalists said he could not explain what came over him on that fateful day that makes him to killed the aged woman, adding, “that day, I was sent to withdrawn money for her with her ATM card, having discovered huge amount of money in her account, I decided to murdered her and took possession of the money’.
