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.
Our correspondent 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.”
Our correspondent learnt that 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.”
Source: Punch
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