Oyo man kills brother for ‘shooting him in dream’ – Tragedy in Sepeteri
By: Abudu Olalekan
Even now it feels made up. Almost like a tale told around fires. Yet people lived through it. That day in Sepeteri, deep in Oyo State.
Locked up at forty-three, Lateef Suleiman faces charges of killing his older brother – over something he saw while asleep. Not a fight. Not money. A dream. That’s what led to the arrest.
One morning, Suleiman sat up certain – his brother Mustapha Amidu, fifty-two, had fired a bullet into him during sleep. Real enough to feel. Not an actual wound. Just one carved by dreams. Rather than shrug it away like most might do, he gripped the belief firmly.
Fury sat where rest should have been by dawn.
A stone was lifted, then raised above him. Tuesday brought news through the police media office – DSP Ayanlabe Olayinka speaking – the accused followed what he thought true. His sibling sat still, doing nothing, when the first strike landed. Head struck. Just once.
Then he ran.
Badmus Yunisa, living at Alegunlode Compound, shouted first when things went wrong. Speed carried the injured man to Ileri Oluwa Hospital in Sepeteri. Hope had not yet left them behind then. Survival seemed possible – just barely.
He didn’t.
Later, doctors said he had died. Just like that. A dream turned into pieces of a family. Because of one wish too far.
Fast movement came from police at Ago-Amodu Divisional HQ. Into the area they went, right after the report. The hospital followed – bodies needed checking. What they named a first look unfolded without noise. Steps taken were soft, yet full of push.
Not much ground covered by Suleiman. Caught fast once the event unfolded, according to officers. His own words admit guilt; now he talks openly with those digging into details. Why act that way? Inside his head lies the sole answer.
Now comes word from the top cop in the state, CP Femi Haruna – the matter shifts straight to the State Criminal Investigation Department for deeper review. This move follows insistence on care, full scope, and quiet handling by the command. With eyes open and steps measured, they say outcomes will follow legal paths, nothing less, never rushed.
A quiet ache lives between the lines of every report. Not just facts, but two brothers – raised under one roof, tied by birth. One has vanished into silence. The other stands alone beneath a heavy judgment. What remains isn’t policy or protocol. It’s loss. Deep, unspoken.
Now it is 2026, still such events creep through quiet towns without warning. People in Sepeteri stand stunned, voices low with unease. A few mutter of unseen forces at play. Many just stare downward, silent.
A dream is just a dream – right? Not always. Here, one slips into something darker. A family changes without warning.
