Kwara state police command have on Monday, May 3 arrest a man named Kehinde John Moses for killing young boy, severing his head and hands.
SP Okasanmi Ajayi anipr, Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, made this known in a statement, saying a team of officers along Ajase Ipo/Ilorin road on a stop and search duty, stopped one suspected commercial bus and in the process of searching a bag, a freshly severed head and hands of a boy was discovered.
He added that one of the suspect took to his heels while his partner was held, who then during interrogation confessed to have killed the victim named Mohammed in Ajase Ipo with the help of his fleeing partner for ritual purposes.
On the strength of the discovery, the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Lawal Bagega psc, directed the homicide section of the state criminal investigation department (SCID) to thoroughly investigate the case and arrest anybody connected to the this heinous crime.
Read the full statement below;
Today, 3rd May 2021, at about 06:30am , along Ajase Ipo/Ilorin road, a team of operation Harmony on a stop and search duty, stopped one suspected commercial bus and in the process of searching a bag one boy took to his heels while his partner was held, the bag was searched and a freshly severed head and hands of a boy was discovered.
In the course of interrogation, he confessed to have killed the victim named Mohammed in Ajase Ipo with his fleeing partner for ritual purposes
On the strength of the discovery, the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Lawal Bagega psc, directed the homicide section of the state criminal investigation department (SCID) to thoroughly investigate the case and arrest anybody connected to the this heinous crime.
The suspect by name Kehinde John Moses took a team of investigators to where the body was dumped for purposes of recovery and subsequent transfer to the hospital for autopsy.
The commissioner of police, CP Mohammed Lawal Bagega wishes to advise criminals to vacate Kwara state as the Command possesses the capacity to deploy all legal means to deal with criminals, if that is what it will take to ensure the good people of Kwara to live in peace at all times.Investigation into the case is ongoing, the suspects will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.
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