Ogun: Labourer arrested for theft and attempted murder

One Jacob Monday, a labourer by profession has been placed in police custody for armed robbery and an attempted murder.

Monday who was arrested in a rice plantation on the 2nd of January, 2018, attacked the supervisor of the farm, identified as Monday Alex Dare.

The farm was situated at Alabata village in Obafemi Owode local government area of Ogun state and Dare was attacked when he came to pay the salary of the workers.

The case was reported to the Ogun State Police, by Kamoru Akanbi, one of the workers at Owode Egba Division.

According to Akanbi, after Dare inspected the portion of Jacob and paid him, he said Jacob suddenly hit him on the head consequence upon which the man lost his consciousness, not satisfied with that, he further matcheted his body severally with cutlass until he passed out momentarily. It was then he dispossessed him of the money meant for salary of other workers and bolted away.

Having waited for the supervisor to come and inspect other workers portions endlessly, Akanbi made known that the workers went to check on him at Jacob’s portion where they met the supervisor in the pool of his own blood.

Confirming the incident, the DPO Owode Egba Division CSP Sheu Alao detailed detectives to the scene where the victim was quickly rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

The suspect was later trailed and tracked down at Kabba in Kogi state where he was arrested and brought back to Owode Egba Division.

The commissioner of police, Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS for discreet investigation and prosecution.