A 35-year-old man, Felix Vhimga, has been discovered useless in a mysterious circumstance within the Ojowo space of Ijebu Igbo in Ogun State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased had gone lacking after visiting his brother, Sunday Robert, in the neighborhood on Monday.
On the completion of his go to, Vhimga was nonetheless stated to have bid his brother goodbye at about 9 pm.
Robert who raised the alarm about his whereabouts, stated he couldn’t attain dwelling the subsequent day since he left his home.
A police supply who spoke to our correspondent as he was not permitted to talk on the matter stated Robert later launched a seek for him.
The supply stated after efforts to find his whereabouts proved abortive, Roberts rushed to the police station to make a report.
He stated, “Sunday Terkuma Robert, brother of the deceased, reported to the police that Felix visited him on November 11 and left round 9 pm. Nonetheless, when Felix couldn’t be heard from the subsequent day, Robert looked for him. It was after he couldn’t find him that he got here to the station.”
The police supply nonetheless revealed that the corpse of the deceased was later discovered close to a stream in the neighborhood.
The physique, in line with the supply, was found at about 7 am with a wound on the brow near the left eye.
“The physique was found round 7 am on November 13 with a wound on the brow, near the left eye. A staff of policemen inspected the scene, evacuated the corpse, and deposited it at Alayangbe Personal Morgue for post-mortem.”
The case was stated to have been transferred to the State CriminaI Investigation Division, Ijebu Igbo.
“Investigation is ongoing into the incident,” the supply added.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, couldn’t be reached as calls made to her phone weren’t responded to. A textual content message despatched to her had but to be replied as of the time this report was filed.
PUNCH Metro reported {that a} three-man armed gang shot two individuals useless within the early hours of Monday, whereas two others sustained bullet accidents in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Odutola, in an announcement launched on Monday, defined that the incident occurred at about 12:30 am within the parking zone of Diamond Dumplings, GRA, Abeokuta.
She said that three armed males in an unregistered black Toyota Hilux confronted the occupants of a black Mercedes Benz GLE 350 with a DLA licence plate, demanding the automotive keys.