Sunday 17 August 2014

Police detain widow over murder of family of five


Ogun State Police Command said, yesterday,  it had  detained the first wife of the late  Aliu Adeoye, who died with his second wife, and three children, on Friday, in Temidire community, Sabo area of Abeokuta.  

Adeoye,  said to be a surveyor, died, alongside other victims, in  his six-room bungalow at 3, Ireti Akinbode Street, Temidire, of suspected poisonous gaseous substance.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed  that  the first wife was currently being kept in police custody  for two reasons.

“The mob that gathered at the community after the incident wanted to lynch her. Again, she was accused of being the one who sprayed the gaseous substance into the room, where the victims died,” Adejobi said.
“We cannot ascertain the cause of death for now. There are allegations  here and there but the police will do what is needed to be done . The  post-mortem  examination will be carried out on the corpses, that will tell us the cause of death”.

He,  however, said the case had been transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation.
We gathered that  some  neighbours of the deceased had wanted to lynch the first wife on Friday, who they suspected was responsible for spraying the room with the poisonous substance, but she was rescued by policemen from the nearby Ilupeju Divisional Headquarters.

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