The 54-year-old suspect, who allegedly c#t off the victim’s wrists and ankles, was arrested on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Olodo, Imala.
It was gathered he was arrested following the sudden disappearance of the victim, who left home since on the June 8, 2022 and didn’t return.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement said an anti-kidnapping unit traced the last place visited by the victim to be the house of the suspect at Olodo area of Imala. The suspect was subsequently arrested and taken into custody for investigation.
"On interrogation, the suspect confessed to have known the victim for quite some time now, and that they were both into the business of child trafficking. He stated further that he invited the victim on that fateful day to discuss their usual business, but on getting to his house, he discovered that the victim came with what he thought was a huge amount of money.
This made him to hit the woman on the head with a heavy wooden stick, which made the woman to be unconscious after which he carried the unconscious body of the victim to the bush where he finally sniffed life out of her.
He then searched the woman's body, and discovered that the victim only had the sum of N22,200 with her which he took with disappointment. Having realized that his aim of getting much money from the victim was in vain, he decided to cut off her two wrists and ankles, which he claimed to have been sold to somebody who is now at large,” the statement reads.
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