A 54- year-old man, Dauda Bello, who allegedly killed a 71 years old woman,has confessed that he wanted to rob her of huge amount of money.
Bello, confessed that he was disappointed that after killing her, he discovered that she only had a paltry sum of N22,200 and decided to sell her body parts to make more money.
Bello was arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command, for killing of Mrs. Mesesi Adisa, 71,after which he cut off her wrists and ankles.
According to Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi,” the suspect was arrested following the sudden disappearance of the victim, who left home since on the 8th of June 2022, and didn’t return home.
‘The victim relations, then reported a case of missing person at Sabo/Ilupeju police station.
The case was later transfered to anti kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department where technical and intelligence based investigation were embarked upon.
“In the course of investigation, SP Taiwo Opadiran, led team traced the last place visited by the victim to be the house of the suspect at Olodo area of Imala. The suspect was subsequently arrested and taken to custody for investigation.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to have known the victim for quite some time , and that they were both into the business of child’s trafficking. He stated further that he invited the victim on that fateful day to discuss their usual business, but on getting to his house, he discovered that the victim came with what he thought was a huge amount of money.
“This made him to hit the woman on the head with a heavy wooden stick, which made the woman to be unconscious after which he carried the unconscious body of the victim to the bush where he finally sniffed life out of her.
“He confessed further that when he searched the woman’s body, he discovered that the victim only had the sum of N22,200 with her which he took with disappointment.Having realized that his aim of getting much money from the victim was in vain, he decided to cut off her two wrists and ankles, which he claimed to have been sold to somebody who is now at large.
“The suspect had taken the police to the bush where he buried the victim in a shallow grave, and the dismembered body had been recovered and deposited in the mortuary.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, who commended the team for a thorough job, ordered that the case be charged to Court as soon as investigation is concluded. He also directed that anybody who is directly or indirectly involved in the case should be brought to book”.
