A 17-year-old boy, was found dead and buried in a shallow grave inside an apartment on Jesus Assembly Omoguwa Street in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State.
It was learnt that an unnamed 30-year-old suspect had been arrested in connection with the crime.
The representative for the state police command, confirmed this on Thursday, September 12.
It was gathered that the crime was believed to have occurred in the evening on Monday, September 2.
He said, “On Sunday, September 3,in the morning, a family member of the deceased approached and reported at the station that his 17-year-old cousin was discovered dead and buried in one of the rooms at Jesus Assembly Street, Omoguwa Street, Ejigbo.
“They suspected the crime was carried by a 30-year-old suspect of the same address in the evening.
“Based on this report, a team of detectives was dispatched to the crime scene and took photographs of the shallow grave before the corpse was exhumed.
“The body has been taken to the Isolo General Hospital for postmortem examination.
”The suspect mentioned has been apprehended, and the shovel suspected to have been used to bury the victim has been recovered, taken to the station, and registered as an exhibit.”
The command representative also stated that the suspect would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Unit at Alagbon for further investigation.
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