A hunter merely recognized as Femi has been discovered useless with bullet wounds in a forest within the Ijebu Igbo space of Ogun State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, disclosed in a phone dialog with PUNCH On-line on Monday, that Femi had reportedly gone looking with one Taoreed on Friday, however didn’t return residence.
She famous that Femi’s delay in returning residence had raised considerations together with his spouse who reported to the village head.
The village head was mentioned to have organised a search get together to comb the forest and the search get together discovered his useless physique mendacity within the forest with bullet wounds.
She mentioned, “On 26/10/2024, one Grace James, a feminine from Ofemodoko village close to Ijebu Igbo reported to the station that on 25/10/2024 at about 1700 hours, her husband, Femi, now deceased, went looking with a person often known as Taoreed aka Kokoro, however didn’t return to their village.
“About 0700 hours on 26/10/2024, his disappearance was dropped at the eye of the village head who then organised a search with native hunters. Throughout the search, the physique of Femi was discovered within the forest exhibiting bullet wounds on his again together with his gun mendacity on the bottom subsequent to him.”
She added that efforts to find Taoreed who had gone looking with Femi proved abortive as he, his spouse and his kids have been nowhere to be discovered within the village.
The PPRO famous that an investigation has commenced into the matter.
“Suspicion was raised when it was found that Taoreed, who had gone looking with the deceased, had fled the village together with his spouse and kids.
“The physique was eliminated and brought to the State Hospital in Ijebu-Ode for post-mortem. This case is at present underneath preliminary investigation,” Odutola mentioned.