Two revenue collectors from the Akure South area of Ondo State have been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for their alleged involvement in the death of a hairdresser, Mrs. Toyin Ijiyemi, in the Oke Aro area of the state.
It was gathered that the suspects were hired by the Caretaker Chairman, Mrs. Margret Atere, a few months ago to generate revenue for the council.
On the day of the incident, they met the 38-year-old hairdresser in her salon and demanded levy for the television in her shop.
An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Punch that for failing to pay the levy, the two council officials decided to take her television away but she prevented them.
He said, “As they were dragging the television with her, the woman fell down. The revenue collectors abandoned the hairdresser on the floor and went away with the television.”
It was gathered that a few minutes after the drama, a neighbour went into the woman’s shop and saw her on the floor. She reportedly called other neighbours, who rushed to the scene to revive Ijiyemi.
Her remains were deposited in the morgue of the Ondo State Specialists’ Hospital Akure.
The only child of the deceased, Ayodele Adelanke, and her aged mother, Mrs. Ajike Ijiyemi, appealed to the state government and the police to bring the killers of the hairdresser to book.
She said, “The suspects were hired by the chairman to collect revenue for the council, but she did not send them to kill anybody. The police had invited her (chairman) over the matter.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph, said, “We have arrested the two suspects and they are in our custody; we are still looking for some others. We don’t want to speak much about it, but everybody should rest assure that none of the culprits will be shielded; nobody is above the law. We are working to arrest other suspects.”
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