Wednesday, January 1, 2025 - The Ogun State Police Command has announced the arrest of two security guards for allegedly setting a 44-year-old man, Basiru Aliu, on fire in the Agura Sabo area of Sagamu.
This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations
Officer, Omolola Odutola, and obtained on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the suspects, Segun Sodiya and Segun Abatan
mistook the victim for a thief while he was helping his employer move his
belongings from his former residence to a new site in Ijokun.
Odutola noted that the security guards violently attacked the victim and
allegedly set him ablaze.
She disclosed that the incident was reported to the command by the victim’s
boss identified as Fatai Ifekoya.
Odutola said “Aliu was reportedly
helping his employer, Fatai Ifekoya, move belongings from his former residence
to a new site in Ijokun at around 7 a.m. on Monday.
“While carrying out the task early on
Monday, Aliu was said to have been violently attacked by Sodiya and Abatan,
security guards employed by one of the residents, Kingsley Nwabueze.
“The duo allegedly poured a flammable
substance on Aliu and set him on fire, believing he was trying to steal the
items he was transporting for his employer,” she said.
Odutola while adding that the suspects had been arrested and would face charges of attempted murder, encouraged locals to report suspicious activity to the police rather than using violence.
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