The police have arrested
a 38-year-old woman, Bolanle Abiola, for allegedly killing her
septuagenarian mother in the Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun
State.
Bolanle was arrested with an unidentified male accomplice for allegedly killing the 70-year-woman in the Pedepo area of Imeko.
The suspect, who trades
in clothes in Abeokuta, the state capital, allegedly committed the crime
about 9:00pm last Wednesday when she visited her mother in her
residence at Imeko.
Family members who pleaded anonymity told SUNDAY PUNCH
that Bolanle, who had often accused her mother of using diabolical
means to prevent her from finding a suitor, once threatened to kill the
septuagenarian over the matter.
According to the family
members, Bolanle and the unidentified male companion had, on Wednesday
night, arrived at her mother’s residence pretending to have come on a
visit.
Thinking that the male
companion was her daughter’s fiancé, the deceased mother was said to
have warmly welcomed the couple into her house.
Bolanle and her male
accomplice then allegedly dragged the old woman out of her home and
killed her before they both escaped into the bush while it was raining.
It was further learnt that Bolanle was arrested on Thursday when she attempted to flee the town in a commercial vehicle.
The first son of the
deceased, Abudu, confirmed the killing of his mother by the suspects and
added that Bolanle was the third of his late mother’s six children.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
“It’s true that Bolanle
went to her mother’s house to slaughter her. She’s in our custody and
she will soon appear in court. All those involved have been arrested,”
he said.
In a related
development, the men of the Ekiti State Police Command have started
investigations into the disappearance of a 70-year-old man, Mr. Abiodun
Adeleye.
The septuagenarian went to his farm in Igede-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area last Wednesday but did not return.
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