The Edo State Police Command has paraded an Osun State-based medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, for killing a cabman, Emmanuel Agbovinuere and stealing his car in Benin City, Edo State.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor made the disclosure while parading the suspect before newsmen in Benin City on Wednesday.
He said, “The Edo State Police Command in an attempt to rid the state of crime and criminality arrested a medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, 36, for killing Emmanuel Agbovinuere, 39, a cab driver.
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“The victim and the suspect met in July this year at an undisclosed hotel in Benin and that is where their relationship started. On Sunday, September 4, the suspect came from Kwara State and they met at the same hotel, where as a customer, he took him around to where he was to do his business.
“The cab man complained of leg pain and the doctor promised to help and injected some poisonous drugs in his system. That was what killed him instantly. For him to conceal the crime, he left the corpse in the man’s Toyota Voltron car, but later took the corpse to Ondo Road, Oluku, Edo State, and dumped the corpse there.
“When the Anti-Kidnapping Unit got notice of what happened, they mobilised and he was arrested in Osogbo, Osun State, with the deceased car.”
During his parade, Adebowale said that he did not deliberately set out to kill the victim.
“I pray that the family find a place in their hearts to forgive me,” he said.
The victim, Emmanuel Agbovinuere is survived by his 27-year-old wife, Mary and two children.