AN Alfa in the Badagry area of 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.
The incident happened at Oko Agbonla, Magbon
in the Badagry area.
PUNCH Metro 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.
Reporters learnt that apart from the
corpse, the police 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.”
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, told
PUNCH Metro that 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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