How in the world will anyone in his or her right sense attack and kill a vulnerable elderly person who had retired from active service and all she wanted was to enjoy her retirement and the rest of her life.
Late Mrs Olaitan Gbenle had great plans as he had retired but sadly, she was brutally murdered in her apartment around Agbede Agbofiati Community, Apata area Ibadan in November, 2023.
Unknown to her ,she had fallen victim to men of the underworld courtesy of her neighbour but the young fellow instead of being a good neighbour to the elderly woman , sadly saw her as an easy target so he led his gang of armed robbers to her house to rob her of her retirement proceeds, her property and the deadly gang did not stop there as they ensured they killed her in the process.
The police in Oyo state while narrating how dastardly the murder of Mrs. Gbenle is said the young neighbour was the one who had informed his fellow colleagues in crime that she was rich , and they should come and rob her.
The police added that as if it was not enough to target an elderly person, when the suspected armed robbers forcefully gained entry into the deceased's house , they ensured they tortured her , gagged her mouth , tied her hands and while she was tied up and writhing in pain, the heartless criminals went on to get food from her kitchen, ate the food right in presence as she struggled in pain.
When the suspected criminals were done eating , they killed her because she had recognized her young neighbour.
The police commissioner in Oyo state , CP Adebola Hamzat stated that the armed robbers made away with the deceased's property which include her two vehicles, generator, laptops,phones and cash.
He added that through painstaking forensic investigations, the police arrested four suspects including her young neighbour who allegedly jointly participated in the killing of the deceased
The CP said
""On 10th November, 2023 at about 0030hrs, four suspected members of a notorious criminal gang that had been terrorizing members of the public at different locations within Ibadan metropolis invaded the house of one late MRS OLAITAN OMOTOLA GBENLE, ‘f’, at AGBEDE AGBOFIATI Community, APATA area, Ibadan.
The suspects who were reportedly armed with sophisticated firearms and other dangerous weapons attacked the Sixty- Eight (68) year old woman at her residence equally dispossessing her of huge sums of money, mobile phones, big generating set, laptops, and many other valuable items, all of which were carted away in her Toyota Camry Car and a Toyota Corolla car.
As if that was not enough, the suspects eventually murdered the deceased, leaving her in a pool of her own blood.
In furtherance of the above and upon the receipt of the incident’s petition, the Command was swayed to immediately identify, track and apprehend all the perpetrators of the heinous crime and recovered all the items carted away.
Sequel to this, a team of forensic experts and detectives attached to the Command Monitoring Unit immediately swung into action through detailed intelligence gathering and purposeful investigations, the suspected leader of the armed robbery syndicate, one BELLO OLALEKAN ‘M’ and two of his syndicate members identified as BISIRIYU OLALEKAN and SIMEON OJEI ‘M’ were arrested at their various hideouts in connection with the crime.
Upon interrogations, the suspects voluntarily confessed to the crime while the leader of the suspected criminal gang explained that the victim was murdered because he realized the deceased saw him during the armed robbery operation.
In the same vein, further investigations led to the arrest of a criminal receiver, FEMI OMISORE ‘M’. The two (2) vehicles and a Fireman Generating Set, hitherto carted away from the deceased were later recovered as well.
Investigation is still ongoing."
The police gave the names of the suspects as 1. BELLO OLALEKAN ‘M’ AGE 30 YEARS
2. BISIRIYU OLALEKAN ‘M’ AGE 32 YEARS
3. SIMEON OJEI ‘M AGE 38 YEARS
4. FEMI OMISORE ‘M’ AGE 43 YEARS
EXHIBITS: 1. TOYOTA CAMRY CAR
2. ONE TOYOTA COROLLA CAR
3. ONE FIREMAN GENERATOR
In other related arrests by the command, CP Hamzat stated that a total of thirty-five (35) male suspects nclusive of Murder, Armed Robbery, cultism, and other criminal vices were apprehended by operatives of the command.
Furthermore, a total of Eighteen (18) exotic vehicles, Cash sum to the tune of Eight hundred and twenty thousand Naira (#820,000) only, Sixty-four assorted Mobile Phones, One (1) Master Key, One (1) DAF Trailer, Six (6) assorted firearms, one (1) Human skull, One (1) Generating set and Three thousand, one hundred and thirty-seven (3,137) Cartons of seasoning cubes valued at about eighteen million naira (#18,000,000) only were recovered. He added.
The Oyo state police boss said "While reassuring members of the public particularly residents of Oyo state about the Command’s unflinching commitment towards their safety and protection as enshrined in the constitution, the command advocates once again that the business of security is all encompassing, hence, the need for the mantra; ”if you see something say something and the Police would do something immediately.”
"The Oyo State Police Command under my watch is sounding a strong note of warning to all sinister minded individuals to stay clear-off the State as the command would vehemently resist them from turning Oyo State into their Safe haven.
In case of emergency, the Command can always be reached through these emergency control room numbers: 08081768614 with 615 (toll free) for the Oyo State Security Control Center".
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