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I killed motorcyclist to raise money for farming, says suspect

A murder suspect, Ayo Lawal, who killed a motorcyclist in Ekiti State, has said that  he  committed the crime to raise money to purchase yam tubers for the 2020/2021 planting season.

Lawal, who committed the crime at Odo Oro, Ikole Local  Government Area of the state in company of one Jimoh Ojo, Sule Abduallahi and one Wonder, killed a motorcyclist,  Isaac, on a farm.

Isaac, was said to have conveyed the suspects from Ikole to a farmstead at Odo Oro Ekiti, where he was murdered and his body buried in a shallow grave in a farm belonging to Ayo Lawal.

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Parading the suspects and six others yesterday,  in Ado-Ekiti,  the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO,  Ekiti State  Command, ASP Sunday Abutu, said  Lawal  was prodded by Abdullahi, who is now at large, to commit the crime.

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