Man beheads 84-year-old in Ogun, dies resisting police arrest

<p>A 32-year-old man, David Shodola, suspected to be mentally challenged, on Friday beheaded an 84-year-old man, Alfred Opadipe, in Iperu community, Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun.</p>, <span>Nigerian Police officers on the run (Illustraton - NewDawnNigeria)</span>, <p>Shodola also ended up dead as he was said to have violently resisted arrest and attacked police officers with a machete.</p>, <p>SP Omotola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday.</p>, <p>Odutola said that following a call received from an unnamed informant, police officers led by the Isara Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Bankole Eluyeru, stormed the scene.</p>, <p>The PPRO said that an attempt to arrest the suspect was allegedly fiercely resisted as he used “the machete on the Divisional Police Officer and his men.”</p>, <p>The police spokesman said that the team succeeded in neutralising the suspect.</p>, <p>Odutola said from the intelligence gathered by the police, there was no report of the suspect being mentally challenged.</p>