The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this in a statement over the weekend.
The PPRO said the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by policemen attached to the Agbado divisional headquarters that a boy had been stabbed in the neck by his uncle’s wife, following a misunderstanding over broken glass.
Oyeyemi said: “It was revealed that a mirror glass being used in the house got broken and the deceased was alleged to have broken.
“It was the allegation that led to a disagreement between the deceased and his uncle’s wife, subsequent upon which the suspect took a kitchen knife and stabbed the deceased on his neck.”
According to the police spokesman, upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, Agbado division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga quickly led his men to the scene, where the victim who was in the pool of his own blood was rushed to hospital and the suspect promptly arrested.
The PPRO said: “He (the victim) was unfortunately confirmed dead by the doctor on duty and his corpse was deposited at Ifo General Hospital mortuary for autopsy”
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.