OGUN: Policemen on the hunt for madman who invaded school, killed 2 pupils

Men of the Ogun State Police Command are now on the hunt for a mentally challenged man who reportedly hacked two students of the Saint John’s Anglican Primary School, Agodo in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, to death.

Reports say the suspected mentally deranged man identified as Lekan Adebisi invaded the school at about 11:15a.m. during lunch break and killed the two male pupils, who were playing on the school field.

Sources say the two pupils identified as Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi (both four years) and who were reportedly in kindergarten class were inflicted with deep machete cuts by the suspect who fled the scene after the attack.

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According to Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), the police are now on the hunt for the suspect who is now at large.

The PPRO said; “The incident happened about 11:15a.m. during lunch break. The pupils were on the field playing. The suspect just emerged from the bush and hacked two of them to death and immediately he did it, he ran away.

“Those who know him (suspect) said he is a madman and also an indigene of that place. But we are not relying on that. We are on his trail; we want to get him arrested. It is only the medical expert that would confirm whether he is a mad person or not. Our ultimate aim is to get him arrested,” he added.

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