Police has arrested four suspected internet fraudsters over the murder of their friend, Alexander Uzoma aged 20, in Ogun state.
Spokesperson to Ogun state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed that the suspects were arrested after mother to the victim, Ogechi Alexander, has reported to the Adigbe divisional headquarters that her son Alexander left home on the November 20, 2021, and did not return.
She reported further that her son told her that he was going to visit some of his friends whom she didn't know.
DSP Oyeyemi said, a case of missing person was subsequently incidented at Adigbe division, but when the whereabout of the victim remained a mystery after some days, the commissioner of police CP Lanre Bankole directed that the case be transferred to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
At the SCIID, one Babatunde Owoseni who was last seen with the victim was discovered, and was promptly arrested. The said Babatunde later led policemen to arrest his co accomplices namely:Azeez Oyebanji aka Biggy, Ayobami Adesina and Balogun Sulaiman.
On interrogation, they confessed that the victim came to their house to learn about internet fraud, and after eating food, they all took a substance known as Colorado which made them to fall asleep. They confessed further that when they woke up at about 8 pm, they met the victim on the ground already vomited all over his body. When they tried to carry him, they discovered that he is no longer breathing. At that point, Azeez Oyebanji aka Biggy from whom they bought the drug was invited, and he advised that they should throw the corpse away.
It was then that Ayomide and Gafar arranged for Uber driver to come and when the driver came, Ayomide collected the vehicle from him and used it to carry the corpse to the top of Kuto overhead bridge where it was dumped. The corpse was later removed by the state health workers and buried as unknown corpse.
Preliminary investigation revealed that there was a mark of violence on the head of the deceased as shown in the picture taken by the health workers before it was buried.
CP Bankole ordered the investigating team to expedite action on the investigation and charge the case to court as soon as possible.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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