OGUN STATE-(MaraviPost)-The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Adeeko Owolabi, 23 for killing his girlfriend accompanied by a white garment church, Segun Philip to perform rituals.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident.
The victim who has been identified as Favour Daley-Oladele was murdered on December 8 at Ikoyi-Ile in Ikire, Osun State.
The boyfriend confessed to have used a pestle that the pastor gave him to smash the head of his girlfriend who was sleeping the time of the crime.
He added that the pastor quickly used a knife to cut off her neck, ripped open her chest and removed her heart, which he used in preparing a concoction for him and his mother to eat for money rituals.
As quotes by The Punch, Ogun State Police in a statement said: ” The deceased was reported to have left home to an unknown destination since the 8th of December, 2019 and has not been seen since then; hence, she was reported missing by her parents at Mowe Police Station.
The detectives went into full-scale technical and forensic investigation of the case and their efforts paid off when the movement of the deceased was traced to a white garment church in far away Ikoyi-Ile in Osun State being pastored by one Segun Philip”.
In reaction to the incident, the Management of the Lagos State University, Ojo, has called for caution from its students following the alleged murder of one of its final-year-female students, Favour Daley-Oladele.
It has also urged the students to remain calm to allow the law enforcement agents conclude their investigation into the matter.
“I received with great shock the news of the death of Miss Favour Daley-Oladele. The university’s management hereby commiserates with the parents and other family members of the deceased, the staff and students of the department, and the entire university community.
“The Police have assured us that justice will be served in this case as the perpetrators of this heinous crime will be charged to court immediately investigation is concluded,” said the university Vice chancellor
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the State criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation.
He has described the gruesome murder of the deceased as superlative degree of wickedness and has vowed to ensure that all the suspects face the full wrath of the law.
