An aged man whose age has been put at 85 years has been reportedly murdered by some persons said to be his family members.
A man and his son have been fingered in the death of the 85-year -old man
The deceased had alredy informed his children of a meeting with another family member in a neighbourhood.
It was further gathered that in the evening, the children of the late old man became worried when their father did not return home from Asipa, a village located after Opeji, in Odeda Local Government Area of the state.
The children of the deceased searched everywhere in the village but didn’t see their father.
On enquiry, Mufatiu’s wife was said to have “lied” that the deceased had gone to a neighbouring village.
The children later discovered their father’s body beside a small river, wrapped with a rusty roofing sheet.
It was discovered that the man bled to death as a result of a head injury he sustained.
It’s alleged that he must have been hit in the head with a stick as he bled to death.
The eldest son of the deceased Sulaiman Oladiran said his father told him he was going to Asipa alongside a relation known as Alfa Mufia.
“My father told me around 10am on Saturday that he was going to Asipa with a man we have known as his relative, Alfa Mufa. He said they have a programme there. On Saturday night, we did not see him.
“I called our brother, who is the Baale of Asipa, Chief Kehinde Omirinde, and told him about it. He told me to wait until the next day before taking any steps to locate him.
“When we did not see him until 12pm on Sunday, I called the Baale again; he said we should not wait any longer. So, we went to Asipa.
“At Asipa, we met Ibrahim Mufa’s wife, who told us to calm down, saying our father went to the next village, that he would soon return. But with the way she was nervous, I suspected all was not well. So I told my two other brothers.
“We saw Ibrahim Mufa coming from the river. We asked him where our father was and he said we should be patient. Later he said we should handle him gently or kill him. We just insisted on seeing our father. He started running away.
“At this point, the villagers have come out with sticks and cutlasses to attack us. Two of us ran away, but one of us was seized by the villagers.
“As we were running to Abeokuta with our motorbike to call the police, we met operatives of OP-MESA at Opeji. We told them what happened and they escorted us back to the village.
“When we returned to the village, they had already beaten my brother, Kazeem to stupor. The OP-MESA men arrested Alfa Mufatiu and handed him over to the police at Bode Olude.
“The following day, the police accompanied us to Asipa and Alfa Mufa took us to where our father was killed by the river. We observed that he was hit with something on the head. We saw blood on the mat they said he slept on. At the riverside where his corpse was dumped, we saw that his head was wrapped with a cloth full of blood.
“We took his body on Monday. It was already decomposing. We want Nigerians to assist us. We seek justice.”
Upon interrogation it was gathered that the deceased and some family members were involved in land tussle.
When contacted The Ogun state police command said it will look into the matter before commenting on it.