25-Year Old Man Beheads VIO For Seizing His Cell Phone

According to a report on Punch, 25-year old Wale Ede, has been arrested by the police in Ekiti for allegedly beheading a 50-year old Vehicle Inspection Officer and father of seven, Joshua Fagbola. Fagbola, a patrol assistant with the Directorate of Road Traffic Service, otherwise known as the Vehicle Inspection Officer, in Ado Ekiti, met his untimely death at the wake of a relative on Friday at about 8pm in the Iro quarters of Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State.

It was learnt that Ede attacked Fagbola when he was about to start the engine of his motorbike and leave the venue of the wake. The deceased had on Thursday reportedly seized the cell phone of his suspected killer when he failed to supply the brick block for which he had been paid.

The Ekiti Police Public Relations Officer, Alberto Adeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident to a correspondent on Sunday. He said that the suspect was being held at the Criminal Investigation Department at the police headquarters in Ado Ekiti.

“The suspect attacked the deceased from behind at the wake and almost cut his head off. It was reported that the deceased had on Thursday seized the suspect’s cell phone for failing to provide the blocks he had paid him for.