Two brothers alleged to be members of a robbery gang operating in Ijebu Mushin , Ogun State , have been arrested by the police after they attacked an elderly man identified only as Pa Olutokunbo in the community and killed his 72 - year - old wife , Christiana .
The siblings – Akinola Akeem and Muyiwa Akeem – reportedly robbed Olutokunbo of N 550, 000 and three phones after strangling his wife who raised the alarm during the operation .
They were apprehended alongside an herbalist , Moses Oduntan, whom they consulted for spiritual support .
City Round learnt that the brothers met with Oduntan aka Koba sometime in March to help them prepare money ritual for which he charged them N 100, 000.
When they could not raise the money , they decided to rob Olutokunbo and paid Oduntan N 100 , 000 from the proceeds .
Christiana ’ s son, who lives abroad , was said to have petitioned the Inspector -General of Police, Mohammed Adamu , after which operatives of Intelligence Response Team launched a manhunt for the suspects .
It was gathered that one of the stolen phones was traced to a man who confessed to have bought it from Akinola .
Afterwards , Akinola was tracked down and he led detectives to arrest his younger brother , Muyiwa and Oduntan, a police source said .
The source stated , “ The incident occurred on March 15 , 2020 . The brothers attacked the residence of Pa Olutokunbo, of Ikala Village in Ijebu Mushin and robbed him of the sum of N 550, 000. They also took three phones from his house and while the robbery was on , Pa Olutokunbo ’ s wife who was 72 - year - old , started shouting for help .
“ One of the robbers, Akinola Akeem , pulled the old woman into one of their rooms and strangled her to death . His brother , Mayowa Akeem , attempted to kill Pa Olutokunbo , but the old man pretended to have died and they left . ”
Speaking to City Round during the week , Akinola , 29 , said frustration led him and his brother to commit the crime .
The native of Ijebu Mushin explained that his brother got information about Olutokunbo at a bar while the old man was having a chat with some fun seekers.
He said , “ I am a motorcycle rider. Thieves stole two of my motorcycles and I became frustrated . I have gone for three robbery operations . In the first operation , I got N 5 , 000 and made N 9 , 000 in the second one . The third was at Ikala , where we killed the old woman .
“ We got information about Pa Olutokunbo because he talked carelessly. He was in a bar and was talking about the money he had in his house . My brother overheard him and we consulted Koba ( Oduntan ) to prepare charms for us so that the operation would be successful .
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