Monday, July 8, 2013

Man axed friend to death over Okada proceeds

AKURE – A middle aged man, Deji Yussuf, has been arrested by the Police in Ondo State for 


allegedly axing his friend, Tope Ezekiel, to death and thereafter poured acid on him over 

argument on proceeds from commercial motor bike popularly known as Okada.

The family of the deceased said their son owned the Okada and was keeping the proceeds 

with the suspect on daily basis with intention of using it later to buy another Okada.

However, police source said the story is the other way round, that the suspect owned the motor 

bike.


Investigations showed that the suspect and the deceased who were close friends had been 

living in a room apartment at God’s Glory Layout, Eyin Akpata in Akure metropolis for four 

years before the ugly incident.

The police said on the ill-fated day, one Owonifari came to report that one Deji Yusuf said he 

heard the grand mother of the deceased shouting for help and when he got there, he met him in 

his pool of blood.

According to the police, on inquiry the suspect admitted killing Tope with an axe and thereafter 

poured acid on him.

The Police image maker, Wole Ogodo, said the suspect is currently in police custody and 

undergoing interrogation, adding that the he would soon be charged to court for murder.

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