Suspect resisting arrest bites policeman in Ogun
A suspected killer trying to resist arrest allegedly bit a police driver in Ogun State. He was nonetheless arrested together with an accomplice.
A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, says the suspects identified as Esube and Osunmuyiwa, were arrested on Sunday, August 6, along the Papalanto axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta express road with one locally-made pistol loaded with cartridges found on them.
According to Odutola, the suspects, who were travelling on an unregistered motorcycle, were flagged down by a police patrol team, led by Inspector Sunday Adeyemo, but they refused to stop. Odutola explained that the suspects were pursued and arrested alongside a passenger, Omowunmi Fiyakola.
“Esube refused to adhere to the flag down of the police and raced off. He was pursued and arrested, upon search, one locally fabricated pistol loaded with cartridges was found and recovered from his cross-body bag. He was violent with the driver of the police vehicle, by struggling with the steering in a bid to escape, he equally gave the police driver a poisonous bite on his right finger, which led to a tyre burst and the vehicle losing control and its tyres.”
She added that the suspect confessed to being a member of a notorious confraternity and that the unregistered Bajaj motorcycle was stolen by him.
She said he would be charged to court for murder, stealing, and possession of fire arms.