Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested three persons at
Oriokuta Community in Akoko South-east Local Government Area of the
state for allegedly burying an 18-year-old boy, Sanmi Kehinde, who
reportedly killed himself last week with his father’s gun.
Confirming the arrest, Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO) in the Ondo State Command, Mr. Wole Ogodo, said the suspects were
arrested because the family of the deceased did not make any attempt to
report the suicide to the police before hurriedly burying him.
Ogodo said the police had commenced investigation to unravel the
circumstance that could lead to the death of the teenager, adding that
the police was still awaiting the autopsy report to progress on the
investigation.
“Immediately the incident happened, neither the family nor the
neighbours reported the case to the police before they went ahead to
bury the deceased, that is why the police make some arrest on the
incident.”
“When the boy killed himself, the police is supposed to be informed,
so that the police would have visited that scene of the crime, and if
the boy would be buried the order should come from the police.
“The post-mortem examination would be carried out because it is one
of those things to be done. We should know whether it is true that the
boy shot himself or not, if it is true that he shot himself, where is
the gun? Why should they hurriedly buried him, that is why we are
suspicious, and made the arrest,” he said.
The deceased was said to have climbed the ceiling to carry his
father’s gun which was said to have been loaded with bullets in company
of his friend identified as Bolu.
The people at the vicinity, it was gathered, heard a heavy gunshot
immediately Bolu left the scene. But on rushing to the scene, they met
Sanmi rolling in the pool of his own blood.
The family hurriedly buried the deceased without informing any of the
security agencies shortly after the incident, prompting investigation
into the true cause of his death.
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