Police in Ogun State have arrested a 48-year-old butcher, Segun Taiwo, in connection with the death of a 50-year-old woman, Abimbola Olusola, whose corpse was found by the roadside at Aro area of Abeokuta.
The state’s police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen in Abeokuta Monday that the suspect was arrested following information received at the Lafenwa Divisional Headquarters.
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He noted that upon the information, the DPO Lafenwa Division dispatched his men to the scene, where the corpse was recovered and deposited at the mortuary.
He further said the homicide section had embarked on “technical and intelligence-based investigation to unravel the mystery behind the death of the deceased.”
He explained that, “On interrogation, the suspect first denied knowing the deceased, but when evidence linking him with the deceased which has been at the disposal of the police before his arrest was tabled before him, he was left with no other alternative than to confess.
“In his confession, he told the investigators that he had been dating the deceased since last year, and that he invited her to his house on October 31, to pass the night with him since his wife was not at home.
“And that it was around 3am that the lady started showing signs of sickness after they had sex, and that before he could do anything, she had given up the ghost,” adding that thereafter the suspect took the corpse in his car and dumped it at Aro area “out of fear”.
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