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48-year-old butcher, Segun Taiwo, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State
Police Command in connection with the death of his 50-year-old mistress,
Abimbola Olusola, whose corpse was found by the roadside at Aro area of
Abeokuta, the state capital.
The spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, revealed this in a statement he issued on Monday on the incident.
Oyeyemi said the suspect was
arrested following information received at Lafenwa Divisional Police
Headquarters that a woman’s corpse was seen lying on the roadside at Aro area
of Abeokuta.
Upon the information, the
Divisional Police Officer, Lafenwa despatched his men to the scene, where the
corpse was recovered and deposited at the mortuary.
The case was subsequently
transferred to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department on the
order of the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, for discreet
investigation.
The Chief Superintendent of
Police Femi Olabode-led homicide section there and then embarked on technical
and intelligence-based investigation to unravel the mystery behind the death of
the deceased.
The investigation eventually led
them to Obada Oko area, Taiwo resides and he was arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect
first denied knowing Olusola, but when evidence linking him with the deceased,
which has been at the disposal of the policemen before his arrest, was tabled
before him, he was left with no other alternative than to confess.
In his confession, Taiwo told
the investigators that he has been dating the deceased since last year and that
he invited her to his house on October 31 to pass the night with him since his
wife was not at home.
He said it was around 3am that
Olusola started showing signs of sickness after they have sex, adding that
before he could do anything, she has given up the ghost.
He stated further that he took
the corpse in his car and drove it to Aro area, where he dumped it.
When asked why he behaved in
such an inhuman manner, Taiwo said he did so out of fear.
Bankole, who commended his men
for the professional manner in which they carried out the investigation, has
directed that the suspect be charged to court as soon as investigation was
concluded.
He appealed to members of the
public to always make their whereabouts known to at least one person whenever
they have cause to go out of their houses.
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