Deji Yussuf, was
arrested by Ondo State police 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 Deceased family 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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