Two brothers have been arrested in connection with the alleged killing of their 66-year- old grandmother in ondo state, the state police command spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, has disclosed.
Odunlami, who made this known while confirming the incident, said the suspects are being interrogated.
Metronetworknews gathered that one of the grandchild, identified as Vincent, was said to have murdered the grandmother, Florence Olaloye, at Labeta, Sabo in the Ondo West council area of Ondo State for allegedly reprimanding him of smoking marijuana.
It learnt that the grandchild who resided with his grandmother allegedly slaughtered her inside her room.
It also learnt that her lifeless body was discovered by another grandchild identified as Pelumi, living with her who raised the alarm after returning from an errand.
Furthermore, it gathered that the suspect, was immediately picked up by detectives attached to the Fagun police station for questioning.
It further gathered that in an interview, Pelumi said “our grandmother sent me to get snail from the market for us to cook stew. As I was about to leave the house, my brother, Vincent came in and said he wanted to iron his clothes, immediately I went inside the room and gave him the iron and I left to get the snail.
“When I came back, my brother was still in the room with my grandmother. After, grandma asked me to get her firewood. By the time I came back with the firewood, I met grandma on the floor in the pool of her blood. Grandmother and my brother were not in good terms on the issue that my brother smokes marijuana. On the fateful day, a fight erupted between them before I left the house because my brother did not do the work grandmother gave to him”
Also speaking, the suspect, Vincent, denied killing her grandmother.
Vincent said he left the house after his brother went to the market and when he returned, met the grandmother dead
“I immediately raised the alarm after seeing grandma in the pool of her blood by alerting our neighbours”, he stated.
