Friday Abinya Odeh, 21 years old and Poso Idowu, 20 years old.
Two suspected internet fraudsters popularly call ‘yahoo Boys’ have been arrested by the police for cutting a 40 year old man, Abdullahi Azeez , into pieces, using the body for money making ritual.
The suspects; Friday Abinya Odeh 21 years old and Poso Idowu 20 years were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba divisional headquarters on the 9th of June 2022 by the relations of the victim, who reported that the victim left his home at Kobape area on the 8th of June 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.
Following the CP’s directive, SP Taiwo Opadiran led a team which utilized technical and intelligence means to detect the hideout of Friday Abinya Odeh on the 22nd of September 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 the 8th of June 2022 at kobape area, at about 7:30 pm, from where they forcefully took him to the bush, killed him and hacked him to pieces.
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 it.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
