Ogun Command Apprehends Ebonyi Indigene For Manslaughter

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA

An indigene of Ebonyi State, Rexlawson Jonson has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command on October 30th, 2020 over the gruesome murder of his girlfriend, Patricia John aged 26.

Statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta stated that Johnson, a 31 year old murdered his girlfriend in a hotel.

The suspect arrest followed a report by Adebayo Aladesuyi, who is a manager of Molayo Hotel, Ibafo having reported that while they were carrying out routine check of the hotel room, they discovered Patricia dead body in one of the rooms with bruises on her neck suggesting that she might have been strangulated.

“On the strength of the report, the DPO Ibafo Division, CSP Jide Joshua led his detectives to the scene and recovered the corpse to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Shagamu for post mortem examination.

“Preliminary investigation later revealed that the deceased checked into the hotel with a man who sneaked out of the hotel after killing the woman.

“Consequently, the DPO and his men commenced technical and intelligence based investigation which led to unraveling the identity of the suspect. He was subsequently traced and apprehended by the detectives.

“On interrogation, he confessed checking into the hotel with the deceased and that they had a misunderstanding which led to physical assault between them. In the process, he said the woman collapsed and gave up the ghost. He subsequently left the corpse in the room and sneaked out of the hotel.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

“He also appealed to hoteliers in the state to always have proper documentation of their customers in order to assist the police in a situation like this,” Oyeyemi said.