The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four suspected internet fraudsters over the murder of their alleged colleague, Alexander Uzoma, whose corpse was dumped on the overhead bridge located in Kuto area of Abeokuta, State capital.
Penpushing reports that, Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the incident said, the suspects were arrested following the report lodged at Adigbe divisional headquarters by the mother of the 20 year victim.
The police spokesman said, the mother, Ogechi Alexander, reported that her son Alexander left home on the 20th of November 2021 and did not returned,adding that the boy told her he was going to visit some of his friends whom she didn’t know.
‘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 Lanre Bankole directed that the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation’, Oyeyemi said.
Penpushing further reports that, he explained that a Deputy Supritendent of Police, Nurudeen AbdulGafar led an operatives on intelligence and technical investigation which led to identification of one Babatunde Owoseni as the person who was last seen with the victim, and he was promptly arrested.
The Command Public Relations Officer said Babatunde later led policemen to arrest his co accomplices namely:Azeez Oyebanji aka Biggy, Ayobami Adesina and Balogun Sulaiman,adding all suspects confessed to the crime.
‘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’, Oyeyemi stated.
‘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’.
Penpushing also reports that, Oyeyemi added that,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 statement explained that, the corpse was later removed by the state health workers and buried as unknown corpse,adding that 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.
Meanwhile, Oyeyemi added that ,the Commissioner of Police as at the time of filing this report has ordered the investigating team to expedite action on the investigation and charge the case to court as soon as possible.
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