Ogun State police command has arrested two security guards for allegedly setting ablaze a 44-year-old man, identified as Basiru Aliu in Agura Sabo, Sagamu area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement she made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the suspects, Segun Sodiya and Segun Abatan mistook the victim for a thief, while he was helping his employer move his belongings from his former residence to a new site in Ijokun.
Odutola added that the security guards violently attacked the victim and allegedly set him ablaze.
She disclosed that the incident was reported to the command by the victim’s boss identified as
Fatai Ifekoya.
Odutola said “Aliu was reportedly helping his employer, Fatai Ifekoya, move belongings from his former residence to a new site in Ijokun at around 7 a.m. on Monday.
“While carrying out the task early on Monday, Aliu was said to have been violently attacked by Sodiya and Abatan, security guards employed by one of the residents, Kingsley Nwabueze.
“The duo allegedly poured a flammable substance on Aliu and set him on fire, believing he was trying to steal the items he was transporting for his employer,” she said.
Odutola while adding that the suspects had been arrested and would face charges of attempted murder, she encouraged locals to report suspicious activity to the police rather than using violence. (Vanguard)
