Why We Killed Naval Officer, Ondo Police Command Parade Suspects

By Ayodele Oni

Ondo State Police Command on Thursday paraded three out of the six persons suspected to have killed a Naval Sub-Lieutenant at Idoani in Ose Local Government Area of the State.

Spokesperson of the Command, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, disclosed that the suspects were arrested while trying to flee the community after allegedly attacked and killed the Naval officer, named Akingbohun Samuel Ayomide.

The deceased is a staff of the Command Secondary School, Imeri, near Ido- Ani.

He was reportedly attacked after his bicycle splashed water on two persons on a motorcycle  while riding along the road.

Confessing to the attack, one of the suspects, Sambo Ayomide, 20 year-old, explained that the late Sub-Lieutenat Akingbohun Ayomide was beaten and hit with a rod after a minor disagreement on road.

The suspect said the officer was beaten this week Monday because they thought he was a fake naval man, noting that they did not have intention of killing him.

Ayomide claimed that trouble started when the late Naval officer slapped his friend on the face, but passers-by resolved the issue and they all went their ways.

But shortly after, Johnson said the naval officer might be a fake military officer, hence they decided to go after him to verify.

Adeleke, Sambo Ayomide, 20 and Shagari Francis, 17, took a commercial motorbike and traced the Naval officer to where they were standing in the town.

Alighting from the bike, they pounced on the Naval officer and hit him with a rod. He was said to have been hit in the scrotum.

When he was rushed to the hospital by his friend, Sub-Lieutenant  Akingbagohun was confirmed dead.

Adeleke disclosed that one of their friends, Femi, sent an SMS to them informing them that the officer had given up the ghost.

The three of them met in a school in the community confused on what to do. He disclosed that while they were still deliberating on what to do, the military men and policemen arrived.

On sighting the security officers, they took to their heels, but Ayomide was unlucky, he was apprehended, while Adeleke, and Francis,  from Nasarawa, were arrested the following day.

Meanwhile, in his explanation, Ayomide owned up that he hit the Naval officer with rod when he was holding Adeleke’s trousers.

He said Adeleke later took the rod from him and hit the Naval officer with the rod also saying he couldn’t know whether he hit him in the scrotum.

However, the Police Spokesperson disclosed that it took joint efforts to get the suspects arrested, adding that they would be charged to Court next week for prosecution.

Odunlami further explained that they were still on the look out for the fleeing motorbike rider who took the suspects to where they attacked the late Naval officer.