A 24-year-old psychiatric patient, Iijisakin Ayoola, has
reportedly stabbed to death his 60-year-old traditional doctor, Alfa Iliasu
Waheed, in Idanre, Ondo State.Consequently, the Police in Akure has detained
the suspect.The suspect reportedly stabbed the traditional doctor in the neck
with a broken bottle which caused his death.Vanguard gathered that the deceased
before his death specialised in healing psychiatric patients.Sources said that
the deceased who resided at 9, Isanwo Ijigbokin Street, Idanre was from Osun
State. He was married to an Idanre woman before he met his untimely death in
the hands of one of his patients.Vanguard learnt that the suspect, after
stabbing the deceased also attempted to set the house ablaze before he was
later apprehended.According to the sources the deceased, who had no premonition
of the attack, was approached from behind by the suspect who drove the broken
bottle into the neck of his doctor in his apartment.The shout for help from the
deceased attracted his neighbours who rushed to the Police station in Alade‑Idanre
Divisional Police Headquarters.The DPO, SP Martins Ohalete, reportedly
dispatched a team to the scene of the crime where they met the deceased in a
pool of his blood. Although he was rushed to the general hospital, he died
before any treatment could be administered on him.The deceased, according to
family source, has been buried according to Islamic rites.Police image maker,
Wole Ogodo, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect escaped after
committing the crime but was later arrested.Ogodo said the suspect was among
the patients the deceased was treating for mental disorder.According to Ogodo,
the suspect is presently being detained at the State Criminal Department(SCID)
while detectives are probing the immediate cause of the death.Ogodo said: “We
will take the suspect to a psychiatric hospital to ascertain his level of
sanity before charging him to court because nobody has the right to take
another man’s life in whatever situation.”
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