By Olatunde Dodondawa
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Idiroko Divisional headquarters by one Alfa (Ustaz) Akeem a community leader in Ihunbo town, who came to the station with the injured victim and reported that the suspect who have been warning the victim to stop having love affairs 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. On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have warned the victim to desist from dating his younger sister but refused.
On a 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 of the window to escape the likely consequence when he is 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 the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.
