The love story between two families in Ogun State has ended in tragedy as a man involved has allegedly killed the mother-in-law.
Police in the state said the 28-year-old man, Opeyemi Adeola Ganiyu, committed the crime after first beating up his wife.
According to the police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ganiyu has been arrested although he initially ran away.
Oyeyemi said in a statement:
”On a fateful day, the suspect, as usual, had beaten up his wife and inflicted injuries on her. The deceased went to meet him in order to warn him to desist from beating her daughter.
On sighting the deceased in his house, the suspect descended heavily on her, beat her mercilessly before stabbing her on her ribs with a knife.
The deceased was rushed to a hospital for treatment but gave up the ghost in the process.
Having heard that the victim has died, the suspect took to flight. The Dpo Atan ota division csp Abolade Oladigbolu there and then detailed his detectives to go after him and bring him to justice. The detectives embarked on intelligence based investigation, which led them to his hideout in Ikorodu Lagos state where he was eventually apprehended.
Preliminary investigation revealed that, the suspect is a member of notorious cult group in the area. He was also one of those who led hoodlums to burn down Atan ota police division during the endsars protest, and killed the divisional crime officer on the 21st of October 2020.”the statement in part read
