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By Solanke Ayomideji Taiwo
ABEOKUTA — Three young boys whose ages range between 17 and 20 years were in the early hours of Saturday, 29th of January 2022 arrested by men of Ogun state police command in connection with the killing a girlfriend, Sofiat Pelumi Kehinde,16 of their friend, Mustakeem Balogun 20 for money making ritual in the Oke-Areagba area of Ogun state.
According to the report by relayed to Amebo Newspaper NG by DSP ABIMBOLA OYEYEMI(ANIPR), PPRO, OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND, The suspect, Wariz Oladehinde, 17 years, Abdul Gafar Lukman 19 years and Mustakeem Balogun 20 years were all arrested following an information received at Adatan divisional headquarters from the head of the community security guard, that the suspects were seen burning something suspected to be human head in a local pot.
Upon the information, the Dpo Adatan division, SP Abiodun Salau, quickly led his detectives to the scene, where the three suspects were arrested, while the fourth one who happened to be the boyfriend of the murdered girl escaped, but following the matching order given to the DPO Adatan by the commissioner of police to ensure the arrest of the deceased boyfriend, the Divisional police officer, SP Abiodun Salau and his men had eventually arrested the fleeing suspect Soliu Majekodumi in his hideout, he is said to be 18 years old.
On interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed that what they were burning in the local pot is the head of the girlfriend of Mustakeem Balogun 20, They confessed further that the girl who was simply identified as Sofiat Pelumi Kehinde was lured by her boyfriend simply identified as Mustakeem Balogun 20, to where she was murdered by four of them, after which they cut off her head and packed the remains in a sack, and dumped it in an old building.
They subsequently led policemen to the building, where the dismembered body was recovered and deposited at General Hospital, Sokenu road mortuary for autopsy. The short cutlass and a knife used in cutting off the deceased head were also recovered.
Meanwhile, the elder brother to Sofiat Pelumi Kehinde, Samuel Okeowo while speaking with Amebo narrated how Mustakeem Balogun the known boyfriend with his sister lured her out of the house with charm through phone conversation not to tell anywhere where Rofiat Kehinde was going, upon receiving the call, she borrowed a slippers from one of her friend and took motorcycle to meet Mustakeem Balogun at around 6:05 pm of Friday 28th of January 2021 where she was butchered into pieces.
Samuel Okeowo expressed confidence in the Nigeria Police force, while he called on we'll meaning Nigerians to come to their aid to save them from the power that be to upturn the case of obvious murderer and conspiracy.
Meanwhile,the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, who described the action of the suspects as height of callousness has ordered for a massive manhunt for the fleeing boyfriend of the victim by name Soliu. The CP also ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation with the view to arraign them in court as soon as possible.
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