Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three brothers, Okiki Mulero, Micheal Mulero and Joseph Mulero for beating a security guard attached to Asero Estate, Abeokuta to death.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement made available to Blueprint Monday stated that Okiki Mulero, who is a commercial cyclist was denied entrance into the estate for carrying more than one passenger contrary to the rule of the estate.
The statement further reads, “This infuriated him and he called his two brothers, Micheal and Joseph Mulero who came to the scene and they jointly attacked the two security guards with planks.
“In the process, one of the security men by the name Segun Godfrey Barde was hit with a plank and he slumped.
“He was subsequently rushed to O & A hospital where he gave up the ghost on Friday 25th of December 2020 while receiving treatment”
Oyeyemi revealed that the case was reported at Obantoko divisional headquarters by the CDA executives of the estate, consequent upon which the DPO, CSP Sunday Opebiyi detailed his detectives to go after the suspects.
They were subsequently apprehended one after the other just as the suspects have all confessed to commiting the crime.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Cp Edward A. Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfers of the case to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
The corpse of the victim has been deposited in the mortuary for post mortem examination.
