The Oyo state police command has arrested a 40-year-old herb seller for allegedly killing his creditor, a septuagenarian named Rufus Olayinwola.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, August 8, SP Adewale Osifeso, the spokesperson of the state police command, said the man killed the septuagenarian on June 19 in Ibadan to avoid repaying the money he owed the deceased.
Osifeso revealed that after the murder, the suspect also stole the vehicle used as collateral for the loan. The vehicle, a Lexus 300 and pepper spray were recovered from the suspect upon his arrest.
Speaking to newsmen, the suspect confessed to the murder crime adding that the deceased died instantly when he pushed him to the wall during a heated argument.
“This is the sixth vehicle I used as loan collateral with the man who ended up selling it when I was unable to pay the loan and the balance was given to me.
I don’t want to lose this last vehicle and I approached the man to return part of the money he loaned to me, but the man refused to collect the money.
This resulted in an argument between me and the man and I pushed him to the wall which led to his death and I took the car away” he said
