A 48 years old butcher, Segun Taiwo, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command in connection with the death of his 50 years old woman friend, Abimbola Olusola.
The corpse of the woman was found by the road side at Aro area of Abeokuta, the spokesman of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement on Monday.
The suspect was arrested following an information received at Lafenwa divisional headquarters, that a woman corpse was seen lying on the road side at Aro area of Abeokuta.
Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Lafenwa, dispatched 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 CSP, 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, where the suspect is living and he was arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect first denied knowing the deceased, 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, he told the investigators that he had been dating the deceased since last year, and that he invited her to his house on Sunday October 31 to pass the night with him, since his wife is not at home.
He said it was at about 3.00 a.m. that the deceased started showing signs of sickness after they had sex.
He said before he could do anything, she had 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, he said he did so out of fear.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, who commended his men for the professional manner in which they carried out the investigation directed that the suspect be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.
He therefore appealed to members of the public to always make their whereabouts known to at least one person whenever they had cause to go out of their houses.
