4  Debt Collectors ‘In The Soup’ As  Woman Dies While Trying To Stop Them From Taking Away Husband’s Belongings

Four staff of ZEFA Microfinance Bank have been arrested and taken into custody by the police in Ogun state.

They got in the soup after one of them shoved 50 years old Vivian Omo out of the way while carrying out their duties as debt collectors.

ZEFA Microfinance Bank  has its office in Abule Ijoko Lemode area of Ifo local government , Ogun state.

The bank officials in question had visited  Mrs. Omo’s residence  and had begun to pack  her husband’s  belongings and she had tried to stop them from taking them away.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned Spokesman for Ogun state police command ,Abimbola Oyeyemi,  a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.

Oyeyemi said the suspects are Badmus Olalekan, Ajibade Oludare, Eniola Aduragbemi and Femi Oloko , adding that they were arrested on Wednesday.

‘Trouble started when the bank staffers visited the home of the deceased woman  to ask for the payment of a loan taken from the bank by her husband but they were told that the man was not around.

Not satisfied with the woman’s explanation about the whereabouts of her husband, the debt collectors decided to pack all the electronics in the house to their office a step that was resisted by the deceased woman.

While Mrs. Omo was struggling with the Bank’s staff, one of them shoved her out of the way and she fell down and became unconscious.

She was  rushed to the hospital for medical attention, but was confirmed  as a Brought -In -Dead patient.

The report was quickly lodged at Agbado divisional headquarters by the daughter of the deceased woman, consequent  upon which the DPO Agbado division, CSP Awoniyi Adekunle, quickly led cops 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’ he said.

The statement noted that  the state Commissioner of Police,  Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation.

‘The CP has 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 an  act will be arrested and prosecuted’ he added-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you