The suspects, Afobaje, Tanko and Suleiman
An Alfa
in the Oko Agbonla, Magbon area of Badagry, Lagos State, Fatai Afobaje, has
been accused of conspiring with some security men in his area to kill his
friend, Rafiu Suleiman.
Police
sources said after the 40-year-old was dead, Afobaje, along with five others,
shared his remains among themselves for ritual purposes.
It was
gathered that what remained of the late Kwara State indigene was recovered by
men of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday, after an intensive search.
It was gathered
that Afobaje and Suleiman had been friends for a long time, and the deceased
had given a lot of money to the suspect.
Afobaje was
said to have conspired with the Chief Security Officer of the area, identified
only as Tanko, to kill Suleiman on Friday.
The police
during a search apart from discovery the corpse, also recovered a clay pot which contained the
fingers of the deceased with a few naira notes.
A source said
the two men had met in a commercial bus and became friends that lasted for
years.
He said, “The
two men met in a commercial bus. Suleiman had offered to pay the transport fare
of Afobaje after the conductor was about embarrassing him because he had no
change.
“The Alfa
then said he would like to know him better for being so gracious to him (Alfa).
So, Suleiman gave the Alfa his address and asked him to visit.
“That was how
the friendship started. From what we found out, Suleiman, who worked as a crane
operator, would collect his salary and give half of it to Alfa at the
end of the month and that happened for a long time.”
The source,
who added that investigation was still on, said Afobaje suddenly connived with
his friends to kill Suleiman.
Another
source said on Friday, last week, the victim was called by Alfa to come
for a meeting around 8pm.
He said, “As
soon as the victim got to the street’s gate, the security guards surrounded him
and asked who he was looking for. When he told them, they flogged him with
charms and he died.
“They then
called the Alfa to come and when he arrived, they shared his body parts.
While one collected his head, another demanded all his intestines, while
another asked for his breasts, which were given out.”
It was learnt
that when the victim’s boss did not find him, he made a call to his wife, who
explained that she had yet to also see him.
His boss was
said to have contacted policemen from the Morogbo division who then launched a
search for him.
The
deceased’s brother, Yinusa Wahab, said the victim’s wife asked him to search
Afobaje’s house, adding that the victim was there.
Wahab said,
“We went to the house, but he was not around. We searched everywhere and didn’t
see my brother. Later, we saw a mutilated corpse floating on a stream near the
house. It was swollen and there was no head. The breast had been cut off.
“We went back
to the house and as we looked around, I saw some fingers in a pot which were
still being burnt and when I saw them, I could recognise that they belonged to
my brother.”
The police
were said to have apprehended the suspect, and he reportedly named the chief
security officer as an accomplice.
Afobaje, when
queried, owned up to the act, saying he divided the body with the other
suspects.
He said, “He
was on his way to my house when he was killed. When I got there, he had been
killed and then we shared his body. I urge my accomplices to also confess
because the act has been uncovered and there is nothing we can do about it.”
The Police
Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the
incident.
He said, “The
decomposing corpse of the victim has been recovered, while Alfa Fatai
has been arrested.
“The matter
has been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.”
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