Ogun State police command on Monday said it has arrested a 48-yr-old butcher at Obada-Oko via Abeokuta, one Segun Taiwo in connection with the death of his woman friend, one Abimbola Olusola aged 50, who allegedly died after sex romp with the suspect.
According to statement from the Spokesman of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi on Monday,
the police were said to have been alerted when the corpse of the deceased was found by the road side at Aro area of Abeokuta in Abeokuta North local government.
The statement disclosed that "upon the information, the DPO of Lafenwa, Abeokuta despatched 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 and the investigation led them to Obada Oko area, where the suspect lived and was arrested.
"On interrogation, the suspect first denied knowing the deceased, but when evidence linking him with the deceased which had been at the disposal of the police before his arrest was tabled before him, he was left with no other alternative than to confessed.
"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 was not at home".
The suspect, Segun Taiwo was said to have disclosed further that at around 3 am the deceased started showing signs of sickness after they have sex together, and before he could do anything, she had given up the ghost.
He stated further that he then took the corpse in his car and drove it to Aro area where he dumped it .
The police stated that when the suspect was 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 has directed that the suspect be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
The CP has therefore appealed to members of the public to always make their whereabouts known to at least one person whenever they have cause to go out of their houses.
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