Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected internet fraudsters popularly called Yahoo Boys for killing a 40 years old man, Abdullahi Azeez.
They cut the victim to pieces and used him for money making ritual.
The suspects, 21 years old Friday Abinya Odeh, and 20 years old Poso Idowu, were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba divisional headquarters on the June 9, 2022 by the relations of the victim.
The family reported that the victim left his home at Kobape area on June 8, 2022 and did not return since then.
Upon the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, 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 September 22, 2022, where the Airtel Sim card of the victim was recovered.
His arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice, Poso Idowu.
On interrogation, the suspects confessed that they kidnapped the victim on June 8, 2022, at Kobape area, at about 7:30 pm, from where they forcefully took him to the bush, killed him and cut 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.
All efforts to recover the remains of the victim proved abortive as the suspects claimed to have disposed them.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.
