Teenager, three accomplices cut off girlfriend’s head for ritual

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.Late Rofiat’s boyfriend, Soliu(lead suspect)

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command say they have arrested four young boys whose ages range between 17and 20 years for allegedly killing a girlfriend of one of them for money making ritual.

The deceased name was given as Rofiat.

Crime report from the command indicated that they were arrested in the early hours of Saturday 29th of January 2022 at Adatan area of the capital city of Abeokuta.

The suspects are; 18-year-old Soliu Majekodunmi who was Rofiat boyfriend that lured her to where she was killed in company with Wariz Oladehinde, 17 years,  Abdul Gafar Lukman ,19 years and Mustakeem Balogun 20.

.Soliu’s accomplices

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi the suspects were all arrested following an information received at Adatan Divisional headquarters of the command from the head of the community security guard, that the suspects were seen burning something suspected to be human head in a local pot.

Acting on the information, he said the Divisional Police Officer,  Adatan, SP Abiodun Salau, quickly led detectives to the scene, where the three of the suspects were arrested, while the fourth(Soliu) who happened to be the boyfriend of the murdered girl escaped.

He was however apprehended later.

During interrogation, Oyeyemi said the arrested suspects confessed that what they were burning in the local pot is the head of the girlfriend of their escaped accomplice.

He added, “They confessed further that the girl who was simply identified as Rofiat was lured by her boyfriend simply identified as Soliu to where she was murdered by four of them, after which they cut off her head and packed the remains in a sac, 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 mortuary for autopsy. The short cutlass and a knife used in cutting off the deceased’s head were also recovered.”

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, described the action of the suspects as height of callousness.

The CP has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation with the view to arraigning the suspects in court as soon as possible.

 

 

 

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