The Police in Ogun have arrested a 47-year-old man, Kazeem Adebayo, over the alleged murder of his lover, Abosede Adesanya.
Adesanya’s corpse was discovered by the police in a shallow grave in the lover’s house.
The said woman was declared missing January 25, a day after she left her house in the Ijebu-Igbo area of the state.
The alleged killer, Adebayo, had reportedly spoken with the deceased on the phone about a plot of land he intends to buy.
It was gathered that Adesanya consequently left home for Adebayo’s house with a sum of N530,000, promising her mother to come back on the same day.
However, worried that her daughter didn’t return has expected, and that her phone was also not reachable, Adesanya’s mother swiftly reported her missing at the Ijebu-Igbo Police Division and investigation was commenced.
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According to the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Adebayo was invited by the police at Ijebu-Igbo division, but he denied knowing the whereabouts of the deceased.
The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, however directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for thorough investigation.
Abimbola stated, “The suspect who resides in Ijebu-Igbo was arrested following a complaint by the mother of the deceased, one Amoke Onasanya, who lodged a complaint at the Ijebu-Igbo Divisional Headquarters on January 25 that her daughter received a call from her lover on January 24, 2019. The lover claimed to have got a plot of land for her (Adesanya) to buy for her mother, consequent upon which the deceased left home with the sum of N530,000.
“The mother stated further that hours after her daughter left home, her cell phone was switched off and she had not been reached since then. Adebayo denied knowing the whereabouts of the deceased. This prompted the Commissioner of Police to order the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of SCIID, DCP Wale Abbas, to take over the investigation with a view to uncovering the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the victim who was a mother of five.”
Abimbola noted that the investigation by detectives from SCIID led to the discovery of a shallow grave inside the suspect’s house.
It was after the discovery that the suspect confessed to the crime.
“He confessed further that he used a club to hit her on the head, which led to the woman’s death and subsequently buried her in his house, in order to cover any trace of the woman’s death to him. He also confessed that he used N30,000 out of the money he took from the deceased to settle an outstanding debt while the remaining N500,000 was being kept with one of his friends,” Abimbola added.
He said the corpse had been deposited in a morgue for postmortem, adding that the suspect would be arraigned soon.