The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of two suspected killers of a University of Lagos, UNILAG, graduate, Dr. Stephen Urueye, who was killed on Tuesday.
The announcement was made on Friday by the spokesman of the police command, Mr. Bala Elkana.
Urueye was a resident doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos, and was murdered on Tuesday.
The suspects, the police said, were Gbadebo Jimoh and Malik Adeboye.
They were said to have stabbed Urueye and dispossessed him of his belongings.
Said Elkana: “On April 4, 2019 at about 9.45 p.m., Itire Police Station received a distress call that some hoodlums, armed with knives, attacked one Dr Stephen Urueye, a resident doctor with LUTH and dispossessed him of his valuables such as handsets.
“The incident happened around the Canal Area of Ishaga Road, Idi Araba while the victim was going somewhere with his female friend, Simbiat Opeyemi, a 200 level student of the Department of Health Education, Lagos State University,(LASU).
“The victim was rushed to LUTH, Idi Araba where he eventually died in the early hours of April 5.
“Two suspects were arrested in connection with the case the Commissioner of Police in the state, Zubairu Muazu, directed a Deputy Commissioner of Police to take over the investigation.”
