Crime
Police kill ‘madman’ Who beheaded An 84-year-old man.
A witness confirmed that the suspect was a madman.
Legalattorneyblog earlier reported on how an alleged madman beheaded an 84-year-old man. In a swift development, the Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have killed the suspected madman who murdered Elder Alfred Opadipe in the Ipara community, Remo North Local Government Area of the state.
The ‘madman’, identified as David Shodola, aged 32, reportedly beheaded Elder Alfred yesterday morning, throwing the town into confusion.
A 9-minute and eight seconds viral clip showed the lifeless body of the octogenarian on the ground with the head a few metres apart. Some community residents gathered at the scene to behold the gory incident.
Police Spokesman, Omotola Odutola, verified the incident in a terse statement made available to Our correspondent on Friday.
Odutola said following a call from an unnamed informant, police officers led by the Isara Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Bankole Eluyeru, stormed the scene.
She said an attempt to arrest the suspect was fiercely resisted as he used “the machete on the Divisional Police Officer and his men.”
A police spokesman said the team succeeded “in neutralising the suspect and weapon recovered from him.”
Odutola, however, said there was “no recount of the suspect being a madman from the intelligence the police gathered.”
WAS THE NIGERIAN POLICE RIGHT IN KILLING THE ALLEGED MADMAN? LET’S HEAR YOUR VIEW ON THIS! legalattorneyblog01@gmail.com
Click Button Below to Join Our Telegram Groups
For Advert Inquiries & News/Article Publishing
Call:+2348033888791, +2347069999005
E-mail: legalattorneyblog01@gmail.com
Blessing Udofa-Poromon Clears Major Hurdle in Bid for National Treasurer
Detained Journalist Denied Legal Access: Concerns Rise Over His Safety and Rights
Jeffrey Ucheh
July 22, 2023 at 12:39 pm
The police have no authority to carry out extra judicial executions of any persons, no matter the allegation. They must give full account of how the man died. In present day Nigeria, it is riskier to trust the police than the mad man. And there is no way a cutlass held by a single mad man can equate to or withstand an assault by a team of police. It is clearly disproportionate use of force, and ought to be sanctioned.
Stella Charles Akupue
January 8, 2024 at 3:27 am
Most grateful brother.