How We Kidnapped 40-Year Old Man, Cut Him To Pieces, Use Him For Money Making Rituals, By ‘Yahoo Boys’
By Fredrick Wright
Two suspected Internet fraudsters have been arrested in Ogun for killing a 40 years old man for ritual
The Operatives of Ogun State Police Command said they have arrested two suspected internet fraudsters popularly call yahoo Boys for killing a 40 years old man identified as Abdullahi Azeez , cut him to pieces and used him for money making ritual.
The suspects; Friday Abinya Odeh 21 years old and Poso Idowu 20 years were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba divisional headquarters on the 9th of June 2022 by the relations of the victim, who reported that the victim left his home at Kobape area on the 8th of June 2022 and did not return since then.
On interrogation, the suspects confessed that they kidnapped the victim on the 8th of June 2022 at Kobape area of Abeokuta, 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.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, had directed the anti kidnapping unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments 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 which 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.
All efforts to recover the remains of the victim proved abortive as the suspects claimed to have disposed it.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
