Police arrest five suspects for allegedly killing ‘good samaritan’ during a fight

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested five suspects in Sango town of Ado-Odo/Ota Local government Area of the state for allegedly killing a 25 year old who was playing the role of a good samaritan during a fight.

Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested following a report by the deceased father at Sango police station that his son, Monsur Kareem was beaten to coma by the suspects following a minor disappointment.

The police image maker gave identities of the suspects as include:Toheeb Popoola, Ibrahim Ridwan, Mutiu Tijani, Akeem Ishola and Lawal Afeez, adding that when the victim was rushed to the hospital hewas confirmed dead by the Doctor.

“Upon his report, the DPO Sango division CSP Godwin Idehai led his detectives to the scene at ijoko area where the five suspects were apprehended. Preliminary investigation revealed that while a landlord in the area was coming in his tricycle loaded with kegs of water, he fell down with the kegs of water and while picking those kegs, Toheeb popoola whose house was situated in the place came out to question him for his reason of staying there”.

“This led to argument between them and it was at that point the deceased met them and tried to intervene. His intervention did not go down well with Toheeb who invited the other four suspects to the scene and ordered them to beat both the deceased and the tricycle man up”, Oyeyemi said.

Penpushing further reports that, Oyeyemi said in the process, the deceased was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead, adding that the corpse has been deposited at Ifo general hospital mortuary for autopsy.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.