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The police in Ogun say its operatives have arrested one Mary Ogbeifu, a 35-year-old woman, and her 17-year-old son, Godwin, over the alleged murder of their 60-year-old neighbour identified as Iyabo Olasheinde.

Abimbola Oyeyemi, police public relations officer (PPRO) of the Ogun command, in a statement on Friday, said the suspects were arrested following a distress call received by the Ojodu Abiodun divisional headquarters in Ifo LGA.

He said the report indicated that Godwin, a resident of Akoko crescent, Yakoyo area of Ojodu, went to Olasheinde’s compound at Omolara street, Yakoyo, and was sent away as he was earlier warned not to enter the compound.

Oyeyemi said on getting home, Godwin reportedly informed his mother of the development, and Mary followed him to the compound where they met Olasheinde.

“While the mother was quarreling with the victim and demanding the reason why her son was sent away, the son, who has speech and hearing impairment, took a broken bottle which he took along with him and used it to stab the woman on her neck,” the statement reads.

“Upon the distress call, the DPO of Ojodu Abiodun police headquarters, SP Eyitayo Akinluwade, mobilised his men and moved to the scene where the two suspects were apprehended and the victim rushed to the nearby hospital for treatment.

“On arrival at the hospital, the victim was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty and the corpse was deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.”

He said Lanre Bankole, the Ogun commissioner of police, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.

Oyeyemi added that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded