Hyacinth Chinweuba
Lagos State Police Command, has opened investigation into the case of the death of a 56 year old man and his mistress.
The Police also announced the recovery of their Corpses.
The Lagos Police spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana said that on 20th June, 2019 at about 8.00am, one Akorede Balogun of Area 2, Igbehindun Estate, New Heaven, Iba, reported at Iba Police Station that her husband one Rasaki Balogun (56)years old of No, 16, Taiwo Oke Victory Estate, Ejigbo was found dead with his mistress in his sitting room.
A team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer Ejigbo visited the scene. Corpses of the man and his mistress were found in the pool of their blood with the woman laying on a knife.
The man is said to be living alone in the house while his family lives in a different place. Identify of the mistress is yet to be established as he was said to have picked her about two days to the incident from unknown location.
The Crime scene was sealed off for forensic analysis while the corpses were evacuated to Hospital for autopsy. Homicide detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba have taken over the case on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu mni. Investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding their death.
In a relatively development, the police has arrested a suspected Notorious Land grabber/Hired killer and Recovered some Firearms on 21st June, 2019 at about 7.00am.
The arrest and recovery followed credible Intelligence by surveillance patrol team from Alagbado Police Station during when one Ojo Adesola 45years old was nabbed.
The suspect was flanked down by the surveillance team while conveying arms in a white bus, along Amikanle area, Alagbado.
Four locally made rifles and thirty eight rounds of live cartridges were recovered from the bus.
The suspect who hails from Ogun state belongs to a notorious gang of land grabbers and hired killers, terrorizing Ogun and Lagos states.
They act as war lords, waiting to be hired by anyone who can pay for their services to take over lands by force.
They engaged in series of killings and maiming of land owners.
According to the suspect, they were hired by someone to dislodge land owners at Epe and that he was on his way to pick the other members of the gang for the operation, before he was arrested.
Police are on the trail of five other members of his gang who are at large and has also commenced investigations into the matter.