Two suspected internet fraudsters otherwise known as yahoo boys, have reportedly butchered a 40-year-old man Abdullahi Azeez and used him for money making ritual.
The suspects, Friday Odeh, 21, and Poso Idowu, 20, were arrested at their hideout in Owode-Egba, three months after they allegedly committed the crime .
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Oyeyemi said a relative of the victim lodged a complaint of the victim missing to policemen at Owode-Egba divisional headquarters on the 9th of June 2022 .
The PPRO added that the family member reported that the victim left his home at Kobape area on the 8th of June 2022 and did not return since then.
He said, “Upon the report, the Commissioner of Police, 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 a technical and intelligence based investigation which led them to the hideout of Friday Abinya Odeh, on the September 22, 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 June 8, 2022, at Kobape area, at about 7:30pm, from where they forcefully took him to the bush, killed him and butchered his body to pieces.
“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 said the commissioner of police, had directed that the suspects be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.
