Two suspected internet fraudsters (popularly called yahoo boys) have been arrested by the police for allegedly killing a 40-year-old man for money ritual.
The suspects, who were said to have cut their victim, Abdullahi Azeez, into pieces, were arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command in Owode Egba.
The state police spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated these in a press release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL 7/157.09/10/2022.
The suspected fraudsters- Friday Abinya Odeh (21) and Poso Idowu (20)- were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba Divisional Headquarters on 9 June, 2022 by the relations of the victim.
They were said to have reported that the victim left his home at Kobape area on the 8th of June 2022 and did not return since then.
“Upon the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, directed the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department to take over the investigation and unravel the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the man.
“In compliance with the CP’s directive, the SP Taiwo Opadiran-led team subsequently embarked on technical and intelligence based investigation.
“[This] led them to the hideout of Friday Abinya Odeh on the 22nd of September 2022, where the Airtel Sim card of the victim was recovered.
“His arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice Poso Idowu.
“On interrogation, the suspects confessed that they kidnapped the victim on the 8th of June 2022 at Kobape area, at about 7:30 pm, from where they forcefully took him to the bush, killed him and pieces his body.
“They confessed further that it was one herbalist, simply identified as Arab Money, who they claimed to have contacted on Facebook that prescribed the ritual for them.
“All efforts to recover the remains of the victim proved abortive as the suspects claimed to have disposed it,” Oyeyemi stated in the release.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
