The police in Ondo State have arrested a man, Ajegba Joseph, for attempting to kill a rival whom he met at his woman friend’s house at Ikun-Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state.
The suspect, a hunter, allegedly shot the victim, who is also a hunter, in the leg while the latter was having sex with his girlfriend in the woman’s bedroom.
Parading the suspect and other suspects at the state headquarters of the command, in Akure on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abayomi Oladipupo, said Joseph allegedly committed the offence and was arrested last month.
He said, “A case of attempted murder was reported to the police. The victim went to his friend (a woman) 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. The suspect was arrested and the barrel gun recovered with an expended cartridge, while the victim rescued by the police is currently recuperating at the hospital.”
Speaking on why he committed the offence, the suspect said he was disappointed and angered to see his colleague having sex with his girlfriend.
He said, “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.”
