Ogun Police Arrest 3 Herdsmen For Murder

Sokoya Folake

Ogun state police have arrested three herdsmen over the murder of a 40-year-old farmer identified as Rafiu Sowemimo on  Sunday, July 14,2019.

According to the police, the arrest of the suspects followed a distress call by people of Adao village in Alabata area of Odeda local government that some herdsmen while grazing their cattle entered the farm of one Rafiu Sowemimo and destroyed some of his crops.

The victim thereafter accosted the herders and challenged them to know the reason behind their destructive action. This led to altercation between him and the herders, consequent upon which the herdsmen stabbed him to death.

DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi revealed that on receiving the information, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Bashir Makama directed the Deputy Commissioners of police in-charge of operations and State Criminal Investigations and the Intelligence Department to move to the scene and ensure that the culprit were brought to book.

In compliance with the CP’s directive, the senior  officers led their team to the scene and with information from the natives, they were able to arrest the three herders who perpetrated the heinous crime.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police who has visited the village to condole with the family of the victim, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution.

The arrested suspects are Muhammed Adamu, Saliu Ismail and Saliu Adamu.