A 24-year-old man, Ebenezer Olorunleke has been arrested by the Ekiti State
police command for killing his brother and stealing his properties including a
motorbike.
Parading the suspect before newsmen, the State’s Commissioner of police, Asuquo
Amba said Olorunleke who is from Jege in Kogi State killed his brother on
August 29 after he stormed his house at Abe Cocoa area of Okeila with three
members of his gang now at large.
He reportedly stabbed his brother to death with a screwdriver and a knife,
after which they stole his red coloured Bajaj motorbike with registration
number ADK 100 UJ.
The suspect described his brother as “stingy” while narrating how
he was killed. According to him, all they wanted was to take money from the
deceased before their struggle led to his death.
Narrating he said “I did not follow them inside the room, but upon
realising that my brother had been stabbed and was shouting, I rushed in and
wanted to rescue him but he bit me and chopped off my finger.
“The guys later came to my house to attack me. They wanted to sell the
machine, I resisted it. I was thinking of coming to the police to report when I
was arrested with the machine”.