Police Arrest Three For ‘Premature Burial’ Of 18-year-old

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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