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| Abiodun Allen |
The
State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti Yaba, Lagos State, Homicide
section, has arrested an America based ex- Nigerian US army, who murdered his
younger brother.
Detectives
said that the suspect, Abiodun Allen, stabbed his brother, Wale Allen, to death
while he was sleeping. He was dragged the corpse out of the apartment, making
for a burial site, when someone sighted him and called the police.
Abiodun
was serving as an army officer in the America army but was kicked out and later
deported over drug related offences.
When
he returned to Nigeria, he went to stay with his brother Wale Allen. But the
relationship was a sore one, as both were said to have always been at logger
heads. Homicide detectives said they were yet to determine the cause of the
conflict between the two brothers, before the eventual demise of Wale.
Abiodun,
on the other hand, insisted that he killed his brother in self-defence. He said
he was sleeping when he saw someone coming towards him with torchlight, machete
and a broken bottle. He soon discovered the person was his brother. When his
brother allegedly wanted to stab him, he struggled with him, dispossessed of
his weapons and used one of the weapons and stabbed Wale. The victim bled to
death.
Police
spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said: “They both live at Awori-Ota. They are
brothers. Abiodun killed his brother, Wale, while he was sleeping. After
killing the victim, he decided to bury the corpse. As he was dragging the
corpse, someone saw him and alerted police. Investigations revealed that Wale
was sleeping when the suspect attacked him. He stabbed the victim in the
stomach and neck.”
Since
the incident, Abiodun had been behaving like a mad man. If questions are put
across to him, he gives incoherent and uncoordinated answers. His words are
full of sounds, but signifying nothing.
Police
are working on the theory that Abiodun is suddenly feigning madness in order to
escape a prison sentence.
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