Ondo State Police Command has apprehended four primary school pupils in Akure over alleged murder of their playmate, Godswill Omokabo,
The deceased, an 11- year-old boy, a pupil of a private primary school in Oke-Aro area, Akure was said to have been killed and his body was found in a farm along Idanre Road.
Godswill was said to be living in the same house with the four suspects who had an argument with the deceased over the ownership of a mobile phone bought for him by his parents .
The suspects who were between 11 and 13 years old were said to have asked him to allow them play with the phone, a request was turned down by the deceased and the four suspects threatened to deal with him.
Three days after the incident, Godswill and the four suspects were said to have gone out to play but only the deceased did not return home with them and they gave conflicting reports when the parents asked them about their son’s whereabout.
The suspects were said to have initially told the parents that their son fell into the river and was swept away and almost immediately changed their story, saying he got drowned while they were all swimming.
It was gathered that the parents and their neighbours formed a search party and after searching for the remains of the boy for over 24 hours the father reported the matter to the Police. It was gathered by the daily sun that one of the suspects out fear, took his parent to where they hid the corpse of Godwill and it was recovered without the knowledge of the deceased parents.
When he was later told that the corpse had been recovered, Godswill’s father, Joseph was said to discovered that bruises were all over the body of his late son and he raised alarm .
The mother of the deceased who confirmed that her son had argument’s with the four suspects said the hands of the four boys who threatened to kill her son were not clean on the crime
The contentious phone, it was learnt, was later found in possession of the four suspects days after the Godwill got missing.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adeniran Aremu who confirmed the incident said the four suspects were in police custody.
He added that the command had commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances behind the Godswill’s death .
SOURCE: DAILY SUN
My question to this hurrible incident is, 'who is to be blame'? I must say that the parents have a greater part to play especially when i comes to this kind of situation.
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The deceased, an 11- year-old boy, a pupil of a private primary school in Oke-Aro area, Akure was said to have been killed and his body was found in a farm along Idanre Road.
Godswill was said to be living in the same house with the four suspects who had an argument with the deceased over the ownership of a mobile phone bought for him by his parents .
The suspects who were between 11 and 13 years old were said to have asked him to allow them play with the phone, a request was turned down by the deceased and the four suspects threatened to deal with him.
Three days after the incident, Godswill and the four suspects were said to have gone out to play but only the deceased did not return home with them and they gave conflicting reports when the parents asked them about their son’s whereabout.
The suspects were said to have initially told the parents that their son fell into the river and was swept away and almost immediately changed their story, saying he got drowned while they were all swimming.
It was gathered that the parents and their neighbours formed a search party and after searching for the remains of the boy for over 24 hours the father reported the matter to the Police. It was gathered by the daily sun that one of the suspects out fear, took his parent to where they hid the corpse of Godwill and it was recovered without the knowledge of the deceased parents.
When he was later told that the corpse had been recovered, Godswill’s father, Joseph was said to discovered that bruises were all over the body of his late son and he raised alarm .
The mother of the deceased who confirmed that her son had argument’s with the four suspects said the hands of the four boys who threatened to kill her son were not clean on the crime
The contentious phone, it was learnt, was later found in possession of the four suspects days after the Godwill got missing.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adeniran Aremu who confirmed the incident said the four suspects were in police custody.
He added that the command had commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances behind the Godswill’s death .
SOURCE: DAILY SUN
My question to this hurrible incident is, 'who is to be blame'? I must say that the parents have a greater part to play especially when i comes to this kind of situation.
DO YOU THINK THAT PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS NEED PHONE?
MAKE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW!
