Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two cousins, Damilola Famoriyo ‘m’ 34-year old and Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun ‘m’ 31-year old, for robbing one Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka of his tricycle, killing and dumping his corpse at a riverbank in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
The suspects, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, were arrested on February 9, 2023.
The police spokesman said they were arrested following information received by policemen attached to Obalende divisional headquarters, Ijebu Ode, on the December 31, 2022, that a dead body which was later identified as that of a tricycle rider was found on the riverbank at Agoro area of Ijebu Ode.
According to Oyeyemi, upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Obalende division, SP Murphy Salami, led his detectives to the scene, where it was discovered that the deceased was matcheted to death after which his tricycle was taken away.
The DPO, there and then detailed his crack team to embark on technical and forensic investigation of the incident in order to unravel those behind the devilish act.
Their efforts yielded positive result on February 9, 2023, when one of the suspects, Damilola Famoriyo, who reside at New site, Awosan Fakale Ikorodu, Lagos, was arrested with the deceased’s phone.
His arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice, who is also his cousin, Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun of Road 1, Block A, Maya, Ikorodu, Lagos State.
On interrogation, the two suspects confessed to the commission of the crime.
In their statements, they confessed being a two-man syndicate who specialised in snatching motorcycles and tricycles.
They confessed further that they always carried out their robbery operation in Ijebu Ode and its environs.
According to them, on December 13, 2022, they lured the victim, Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka, to carry their farm products from Agoro area to the town, and they agreed on a price.
But on getting to Agoro/Ikangba Road, they stopped him and snatched the tricycle from him.
It was when the deceased tried to struggle with them that they matcheted him to death and dragged his corpse to the riverbank where they dumped him.
They informed the police further that they had snatched up to eight tricycles in Ijebu Ode area, and that their standby buyers were residing at Ikorodu in Lagos State.
Recovered from them were two phones of the deceased as well as the cutlass they used to kill him.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.
