Man arrested for killing woman over rape in Ogun

The Police in Ogun State says it has arrested one Abiodun Idowu, 40, over the killing of his co-worker, Abimbola Hamzat, 38, after an unsuccessful attempt to rape her.

The State Politic Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement he made available to the press including The DEFENDER in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Sunday.

Oyeyemi said the arrest was made on Tuesday May 29 following a complaint by one Owolabi Moses, who reported the incident at Onipanu Divisional Headquarters in Ota, Ogun State.

According to the complainant, the suspect, who he said is a driver in his pure water factory, had been disturbing for love the deceased who was an accountant in the same factory but he said the deceased had been refusing his advances.

The Police spokesman said Owolabi stated further that, “on that fateful day, the deceased was alone in the factory when the suspect came in and attempted to forcefully have carnal knowledge of her. While the victim was struggling with him, he strangled her to death.”

On the strength of the report, ASP Oyeyemi said the DPO Onipanu Division, SP Sangobiyi Johnson led detectives to the scene where they met the suspect unconscious and got him arrested.

Investigations revealed that the suspect having realized that he had committed a serious crime made efforts to kill himself by drinking hypo and izal, which put him in the condition the police detectives met him.

The DPO and his men quickly rushed him to a hospital for medical attention where he was treated and discharged before being taken to custody.

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for proper investigation and prosecution.