A suspect, Joseph Ajegba, has narrated how and why he shot his friend in Ikun-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Ajegba, who was paraded alongside a notorious car theft syndicate at the police headquarters in Akure, said he shot his friend for having sexual relationship with his girlfriend in the house he rented for her in the community.
Narrating how he shot his friend, Ajegba said he had dropped bush meat for his girlfriend earlier in the day and went out in the night for another round of game.
“I was surprised when I got to the house to see another man having a sexual relationship with my girlfriend.
“I went out hunting after I had taken some bottles of beer but I ran out of cartridges. I wanted to return to the house of my girlfriend to sleep there. When I got there, I saw the door locked. I now went to the window, and I opened it and saw a co-hunter sleeping with my girlfriend. That was why I shot the gun in my hand,” he said.
Parading the suspects, the State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Abayomi Oladipo said: “On August 23, 2024 at about 2300hrs, a case of attempted murder was reported to the police, the victim went to his friend who is a divorcee in her house. One, Ajegba Joseph ‘m’, a hunter aged 38 years who is also having an affair with the woman, went to visit her on the same day in possession of an unlicensed single-barrel gun. However, upon sighting the victim with the woman in bed, the suspect shot the victim through the window side,” he added.