Police have confirmed the incident of a 17-year-old boy, Goodness Oshodi, who allegedly buried alive his younger brother, Friday Oshodi at Apamsede, a suburb community in Lokoja, for accusing him of stealing N1,000.
Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) for Kogi Police Command, SP William Aya, who confirmed the incident in a telephone chat with our correspondent in Lokoja recently, said that police have arrested Goodness for the alleged offence.
Aya also told our correspondent that Kogi Police Command has commenced investigation into the case.
Sources at Apamsede community had earlier informed our correspondent that Friday is noted for stealing , adding that to check his criminal act, his mother asked Goodness to punish him.
They added that rather than giving Friday a tolerable punishment, Goodness led him to a nearby bush and buried him alive.
Our correspondent further gathered that luck however, ran out of Goodness as he was caught in the heinous crime by some vigilant members of the public in the area who exhumed the body of Friday alive and reported the case to the police.
