The Lagos State Police Command has reportedly arrested a 16-year-old SS3 pupil for allegedly killing her father’s friend, one 49 years old Babatunde Ishola.
WuzupNigeria gathered that the girl, identified simply as Timilehin Taiwo, was defending herself from the man, who allegedly tried to rape her.
According to reports, the remains of the deceased, who until the incident was a security guard at a public primary school in Aboru Area of the state, has been deposited at the mortuary.
The police spokesman in the state, Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident.
He added that the suspected would be charged to court.
“On 7/3/2020 at about 1500hrs Oke Odo Police Station received an information that one Babatunde Ishola ‘m’ 49 years old, a security guard in a school at Aboru, was stabbed to death by one Timilehin Taiwo ‘f’ 16 years of No.10, Olalemide Street, Aboru, an SS3 student,” Elkana said in a statement.
“Homicide detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer, Oke Odo visited the crime scene at Ogundele Street, Aboru, where the corpse of the man was found lying in his pool of blood.
“The corpse was evacuated to hospital for post mortem examination. ”
According to Elkana, the suspect was arrested and the knife she used in stabbing the deceased person was recovered.
“In her statement, the suspect said, the deceased person, who is her father’s friend, invited her to his house to assist him in fetching water, as he lives in the house alone,” he said.
The suspect also said that “she has always been helping him with the house chores. That while she was helping out with the water, on 7/3/2020, he attempted to rape her.”
Timilehin also told the police that “she picked a knife from the room and stabbed him. The suspect was taken to the hospital for medical and forensic examination.”
The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu psc has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba for discreet investigation.
