A 43-year-old hunter, Joseph Ajegba, has been arrested by men of the Ondo State Police Command for shooting his co-hunter while having sexual intercourse with his concubine in Ikun-Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Council of the state.

The suspect, who was arrested for attempted murder, stated that he carried out the act when he discovered that his friend was having sexual intercourse with his concubine in the room he rented for her.

While being paraded at the headquarters of the Police Command, Ajegba said he had dropped bush meat for her earlier in the day and went out in the night for another round of games but was surprised when he got to the house to see another man in her house.

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, opened it, and saw a co-hunter sleeping with my girlfriend. That was why I shot the gun in my hand.”

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abayomi Oladipo, said the case was reported at a police station in the area on August 23, 2024.

He said, “On the 23rd of August, 2024, at about 2300hrs, a case of attempted murder was reported to the police. The victim went to his friend, who is a divorcee, in her house. One Ajegba Joseph, 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.”

Oladipo added that a syndicate specialising in snatching cars was arrested by the command. He said the suspects were members of a four-man gang who specialised in interstate car theft and snatching.

“On July 11, 2024, a petition was received at the command detailing a daring armed robbery. A Toyota Corolla, a Tecno POP 5 phone, and N1.5 million in cash were stolen at gunpoint. Our Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, using advanced intelligence, traced the perpetrators of the crime to Ogun State, where some suspects were arrested.

“Among these suspects was Akinsanya Sarafa Adeniyi, a notorious receiver of stolen vehicles, known in certain circles as ‘Oba Idan.’ Also arrested were a female accomplice who produced fake vehicular documents and others who aided the principal suspect in evading arrest. Despite our success, the mastermind remains at large, and our search for him continues.

“In another act of violence, on August 11, 2024, a commercial motorcyclist was attacked while simply trying to earn his daily bread. Contracted to carry a passenger to Oke-Agbe, Adeferati Road in Akungba Akoko, the motorcyclist was ambushed by the passenger and two others who emerged from the bushes. Shot in the thigh, he was left for dead as they fled with his motorcycle. Fortunately, the victim survived and was able to identify one of his attackers, leading to the arrest of Saheed Musa, a member of the Neo Black Movement (Aiye Confraternity).”

Oladipo further stressed that the police have also arrested the suspected killers of the President/Chief Executive Officer of Kitchen County, the late Mrs. Debbie Olakunbi Monsurat Iyabo Adene (Nee Oyeneye), who was gruesomely murdered at her home in Akure, the state capital, last month.