Police arrest 23year old man for beheading 72year old woman in Ogun state

23 year old Adeoye Ikugbayigbe has been

arrested by the Ogun State Police Command

for beheading a 72 year old woman,

Funmilayo Shada, over a land dispute on

March 17th. Addressing newsmen in

Abeokuta, the state capital Monday, the

police Public Relations Officer in the state,

Abimbola Oyeyemi, said, son of the deceased,

Ekundayo Shada, filed a complaint at the

police station after sighting the suspect with

his mother's severed head.



The suspect had attacked the deceased on the

farmland, severed her head and wrist and put

them in a bag.



"As soon as he sighted him, the suspect

dropped the bag and ran into the bush.

This aroused his suspicion and he

quickly ran to check his mother but

could not find her. He later came back

to check the bag dropped by the suspect

only for him to discover his mother

severed head and her wrist in the said

bag.



He quickly reported to the case to the

Police at about 1445hrs and

immediately the DPO Abigi Division, SP

Komolafe Omoniyi led detectives to the

scene, combed the surrounding bush

and finally got the suspect arrested. On

interrogation, he confessed to the

commission of the crime claiming that

he has beden having running battle with

the deceased over a portion of land. The

severed head and the remains body of

the deceased has been deposited in the

mortuary while the cutlass he used has

also been recovered" Oyeyemi said.



Oyeyemi said when interrogated, the suspect

said he had been in a running battle with the

deceased over a portion of land. He added

that the suspect has been transferred to the

Homicide section of the State Criminal

Investigation and Intelligent Department

(SCIID) for further investigation.