The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four staff of ZEFA Microfinance Bank for allegedly killing a 50-year-old woman identified as Vivian Omo who is the wife of their debtor.
The incident happened at Abule Ijoko Lemode area of Ifo local government area of the state where the bank is located.
It was gathered that the suspects reportedly went to the house of their debtor and started packing the belongings for defaulting in the repayment of his loan.
In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident disclosed that the four suspects have been arrested.
According to Oyeyemi, the suspects; Badmus Olalekan, Ajibade Oludare, Eniola Aduragbemi and Femi Oloko were arrested on Wednesday.
Narrating the ugly incident, Oyeyemi said, “Trouble started when the bank staffers visited the home of the deceased to ask for the payment of a loan taken from the bank by the deceased’s husband but they were told that the man was not at home.
“Not satisfied with the woman’s explanation about the whereabouts of her husband, the bank staff decided to pack all the electronics in the house to their office a step that was resisted by the deceased.
“While the deceased was struggling with the Bank’s staff, one of them pushed her and she fell down and was unconscious.
“She was there and then rushed to hospital for medical attention, but was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
“The report was quickly lodged at Agbado divisional headquarters by the daughter of the deceased, consequence upon which the DPO Agbado division, CSP Awoniyi Adekunle, quickly led his detectives to the scene where four staff of the bank namely; Badmus Olalekan, Ajibade Oludare, Eniola Aduragbemi and Femi Oloko were arrested.
“The corpse has been deposited at Ifo General Hospital morgue for autopsy.”
The Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has since ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation, he said.
“The CP also warned loan agencies to stop taking laws into their hands in the process of recovering loans from their debtors, as anyone caught in such act will be arrested and prosecuted.