2 arrested for killing 50-yr-old woman

BY DAYO DOHNSON

Akure — POLICE in Ondo State have arrested two persons for allegedly beating a 50-year-old woman to death in the hilly town of Idanre area of the state, last Saturday.

Speaking with Vanguard in Akure, the State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Adeniran Aremu, said that the suspects had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department for discreet investigation.

According to Aremu “one Jollin Akinbowa reported at the Idanre police station around 9:30a.m. on Sunday that his mother, Dupe Akinbowa, was beaten to a state of coma by some people around 11:30p.m. on Saturday night.

The incident happened at Sabo area, Alade-Idanre when some boys beat up my 50-year-old mother during which she became unconscious and was rushed to the state hospital .

He said the deceased later died in the hospital.

Aremu added that “some officers, who visited the  scene of the crime, said that the deceased sustained head injury and bruises on her hands and chest.