Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a teenager, Olamide Phillips, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Moses Odeh, to death during a fight on Obalende Street in the Isara area of the state.
Chronicle NG gathered that the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the residence of their parents in the community.
The command’s spokesperson, Chief Superintendent of Police Omolola Odutola, confirmed the suspect’s arrest on Tuesday.
Odutola stated that Phillips’ and Odeh’s parents were friends.
Phillips’ mother informed Odeh’s father, Osapa, that her son stole N5,000 from her bank account.
The cause of the quarrel between the two friends remains unclear, but Odutola stated that the fight began when Odeh walked in as his father was reprimanding Phillips.
Despite the parents’ efforts to break up the dispute, the police chief claimed that Phillips took an instrument and stabbed Odeh in the stomach, and that the victim died from his injuries on Monday at the hospital where he was transported for medical care in the community.
Odutola stated, “Odeh was rushed to Kings Hospital for medical attention, but he succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Monday, March 3.
“The deceased’s body has been taken to the General Hospital in Isara for an autopsy, while the suspect has been detained.”
She revealed that following Odeh’s death, police officers from the Isara Division initiated a manhunt for Phillips and apprehended him in Ipara Remo, a neighboring hamlet where he was hiding.
Odutola further stated that the case would be sent to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Abeokuta for further investigation.
