In a major crackdown on violent crime, the Oyo State Police Command has paraded 41 suspected criminals involved in various criminal acts including murder, armed robbery, gun running, rape, and car snatching in the state and recovered N16 million cash.
The police command disclosed that the operation, which led to the arrest of these suspects, also resulted to the seized funds, including exotic cars, different type of firearms and ammunition, motorcycles, human part already converted to ritual item, mobile phones, among other items.
While briefing newsmen at the Eleyele headquarters of the police command, Ibadan, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sonubi Ayodele disclosed that on July 7, a suspected murder case was reported at Eleyele Police station and of same date, a lifeless body of an unidentified woman lying in the pool of her blood was found at No 48, Ore-ofe community area of Ologuneru under Ido Local Local Government.
According to the Police Commissioner, the complainant reported further that at about 0800hrs of same date, they saw the suspect, 35 year old Bolarinwa Segilogbon, covering the blood of the deceased with sand, adding that the suspect was however, swiftly apprehended upon timely information and upon investigation.
Sonubi stated that the suspect, Segilogbon (male), has also voluntarily confessed to the killing of his victim, Amdalat Afeez, a 34 year old online ‘ponmo’ (hides) vendor who is now deceased.
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“The suspect confessed to have met her online demanding a meeting in order to connect her with people interested in making bulk purchase but instead, in a rather disturbing twist of events, he (the suspect) violently took her life when they eventually met. Suspect will be charged to court.” CP Sonubi said.
While fielding questions from journalists, the murder suspect, Bolarinwa Segilogbon, confessed to the crime saying: “So, I invited her to a construction site that I’m monitoring because I had told her someone wanted to buy ponmo, after her arrival in the evening, she asked me about the people who wanted to buy ponmo and I told her it wasn’t because of the ponmo I invited her that it was because of the money she agreed to borrow me.”
“She later got upset after feeling disappointed and from there we started arguing, I afterward hit her with a plank. After the incident happened, I didn’t even plan it but I felt she already knew my house and she may report to the police, that was why I killed her.”