•The cow detained at a police station over murder
The
police at Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a cow
following the killing of a 24-year old teenager identified as Azeez
Salako at Ilata area of Ota, a suburb of Ogun State.
P.M.NEWS
gathered that youths in Ilata Ota were planning to hold a carnival on
Saturday 27 April, 2013 and there was an argument between some of the
youths which led to a fight and one of the boys identified as Dayo broke
a bottle which he used to stab Salako in the neck and he bled to death.
When
the police arrived at the scene of the fracas everyone had fled leaving
behind the cow bought for slaughter during the carnival and the police
arrested the cow and took it to the station where it is currently being
detained. When
P.M.NEWS visited Sango Area Command where the
incident was reported, both the Area Commander ACP Titi Kayode and the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Sango Division CSP Dibie
were not available for comment. However, a source at the station who
confirmed the incident on condition of anonymity said the suspected
killer is on the run as no arrest has been made.
“Both the Area
Commander and the DPO are not around now. We are still investigating the
matter as no arrest has been made. The person who was alleged to have
stabbed the deceased is on the run. It is only the cow the youths wanted
to use for the carnival that was brought from the scene,” said the
source.
PM News—Yusuf Muhammed
