Police Arrest 16-Year-Old For Murder In Ondo

• Operatives id the Ondo state police command have arrested a suspect for the murder in the State.

• Daily Report Nigeria gathers that the suspect, a 16-year-old killed the victim, a 54-year-old woman in her home.

The Ondo state police command have paraded one Precious Kolawole,  16 for the alleged murder of a popular Akure-based caterer, Mrs Debbie Adeniyi Iyabode, 54.

Further reports revealed the victim was killed in her home on Oda Road, Akure on July 25, 2024, five days after celebrating her birthday.

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Confirming the incident and arrest in a statement released on Friday, October 11, the spokesperson of the command, Funmi Odunlami identified the suspect as a secondary school student.

The statement read

“It would be recalled that painstaking investigations had earlier led to the arrest of his accomplice, one Philip Emmanuel, aged 17 years, who in a voluntary statement expressed their individual degrees of involvement in the dastardly act.,” 

“The first suspect, Precious Kolawole, claimed to have heard Mrs Adeniyi talking about receiving a substantial amount of money through her bank account and, on the heels of this, recruited Philip Emmanuel, the second suspect, to jointly m8rder the victim gruesomely.

“Clinical investigation revealed knife wounds inflicted by Philip Emmanuel and machete cuts by Precious Kolawole, resulting in the death of the victim. 

“It was also gathered that the victim successfully withdrew the sum of thirty thousand Naira from her account via her ATM card.

“While the suspect is still in custody and will be charged to court upon the conclusion of the investigation, it is pertinent to reiterate that safety measures like observing restraint in monetary discussions around domestic staff, concealing one’s ATM PIN, and installing CCTV surveillance cameras are necessary to optimize personal safety and security.”

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While being parades before newsmen, the suspect said;

“I wasn’t the one who conceived the idea. It was the boy who pressured and disturbed me, and I eventually gave in. I had an Android phone. Later, on September 18, I was arrested by the police. It was just the two of us. 

“I work with a woman who is a caterer and the owner of Bola Country Kitchen. One of the boys who also works with her told me that he owed some money, and if he didn’t pay, his father would lose his job. His father is a police officer.

“He then asked me if I could k!ll someone, and I said no. I later changed my mind. On the third day after the incident, he gave me N30,000 and an Android phone. On September 18, I was arrested by the police