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| Afobaje, Tanko & Suleiman |
Fatai Afobaje, 40, an Islamic cleric has been accused of
conspiring with some security men at Oko Agbonla, Magbon in Badagry area of
Lagos state, to kill his friend, Rafiu Suleiman.
According to sources, the two men had
met in a commercial bus and became friends that lasted for years.
“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.”
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.”
The deceased’s brother, Yinusa 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, and 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.
SOURCE: Punch
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