Monday, June 17, 2019

Police arrested school gardener for murder of a student

Stanley Ihedigbo
A gardener,  Femi Aderonmu, working with Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School Iponri, Lagos State, has been arrested for allegedly killing a schoolboy.

The deceased, Adagun Rafiu, (16), a senior secondary student (SS3), was alleged to have been killed moments after writing his West Africa Examination Council (WAEC)
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRP) a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Bala Elkana, explained that on May 16th, Iponri Police Station received a complaint from a school that on May 15th, Aderonmu, a gardener with the said school, engaged Rafiu in a fight along Oke-Olu Road, Iponri.
Elkana said: “In the process of the fight, the student fell down and became unconscious. He was rushed to Smith Medical Hospital where he later died. An eye witness account showed that the deceased was returning home with his friends after writing WAEC, when the suspect blocked him on the way and pulled him down. He said that the deceased had insulted him before.
Homicide detectives from State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, have visited the crime scene. The corpse of the deceased has been deposited at the mortuary for autopsy. The suspect is arrested and will be charged to court for murder.”

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