A 24-year-old suspected armed robber, Adewale Lukman was arrested by the Osun Police Command for alleged murder of wife, grandchild, niece and injuring the husband.
The incident happened at Inisa in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State.
The police had earlier arrested the husband, Mr Tunde Oyeniran who was stabbed severally by the robber thinking he committed the crime against his family until the real culprit was arrested before he was released.
Confirming his arrest, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola said the suspect was arrested on Monday and confessed to the crime.
Opatola said,
”He, Tunde Oyeniran (husband) was released on the medical ground because he sustained several injuries that have been giving him problem. He was released to go and take care of himself. We arrested the real suspect two days ago, and he has confessed to the crime. But since we had apprehended the real suspect we had to allow him to take care of himself. He had been receiving treatment from the police hospital. He would be called on when needed. ”
Oyeniran recounted his ordeals after losing his wife, grandchild and niece and how he was arrested for what he knew nothing about,
He explained that he was stabbed in seven places and his wife, grandchild and his wife’s niece were butchered by the suspected robber.
Tunde was released from Police detention after 18 days over a false allegation.
According to him, the suspect, Adewale was an Engineer who was introduced by his late wife to repair a plasma television set sometime in March.
He further said that while offering his payment, Adewale took the suspect to an ATM machine to withdraw money for him not knowing he had secretly looked at him ATM security code.
He continued that It was his Assistant in his office who called his phone number and was told that the phone was seized for not paying hotel bills.
Tunde said that the suspect had withdrawn N300,000 from his account.
He said,
“On July 24 I closed from work around 8 pm to meet my family at Inisha I honked the horn severally but no one opened the door for me. I hopped out of my car to open the gate myself and drove in and entered my living room someone attacked me from the back and stabbed me with a knife on different parts of my body.
“I tried to defend myself but he overpowered me. I was seriously bleeding. He dragged me to my children’s room and locked me there. He took my phone and ATM from me and requested for the PIN. I gave him the wrong one but he said he wanted my real PIN.
“I pretended as if I was dead. He left afterwards. I had before struggled to wrap clothes I could lay my hands on to reduce the blood coming out of me. Around 11 pm, I managed to get out of the house through the window, It had no burglary. I got to the main road where people saw me and took me to Seven Days Adventist hospital. They rejected me and I was later taken to a private hospital at Ikirun.
“The police and vigilante had been involved then. I told them to help me check my wife and children because I was yet to see them. I was told they were at the police clinic. The next morning the police came and took me away from the hospital and back to the Seven Days hospital. I was later accused of killing my wife, grandchild and niece and was detained. It was my Personal Assistant who called my line and was told that my phone was seized for not paying hotel bills.
He went to the police to inform them, and they went to the police. I was shown the picture on my phone and I recalled he was the same guy who helped me repaired my television set in March. I remembered telling him to give me his account number, so I could transfer, but he wanted cash, so I asked him to follow me to the ATM. I never knew he was watching me while I was using the ATM. I don’t know him from anywhere. It was my wife who introduced him to me.”
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