Man kills, buries lover after defrauding her of N530,000

A 47 – year – old man , Kazeem Adebayo , is cooling his feet in the custody of the Ogun State Police Command over the alleged murder of his lover, Abosede Adesanya.
Adesanya’ s corpse was reportedly found by the police in a shallow grave in the lover’ s house .

City Round gathered that the deceased was declared missing on January 25 , a day after she left her house in the Ijebu – Igbo area of the state .

Adebayo was said to have called the deceased on the phone in the presence of her mother , telling her that he had got a plot of land she wanted to buy .

It was learnt that the 30 – year – old woman left home for Adebayo ’ s house with a sum of N 530, 000 and promised her mother to come back on the same day .

The mother became curious when Adesanya did not return home and her line was switched off. She reported her missing at the Ijebu – Igbo Police Division and investigation was commenced .

The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun , DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi , in a statement on Friday said Adabayo was invited by the police at Ijebu – Igbo division , but he denied knowing the whereabouts of the deceased .

He said the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu , directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for thorough investigation .

Abimbola stated, “ The suspect who resides in Ijebu – Igbo was arrested following a complaint by the mother of the deceased , one Amoke Onasanya , who lodged a complaint at the Ijebu – Igbo Divisional Headquarters on January 25 that her daughter received a call from her lover on January 24 , 2019 . The lover claimed to have got a plot of land for her ( Adesanya) to buy for her mother , consequent upon which the deceased left home with the sum of N 530, 000.

“ The mother stated further that hours after her daughter left home , her cell phone was switched off and she had not been reached since then . Adebayo denied knowing the whereabouts of the deceased . This prompted the Commissioner of Police to order the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of SCIID, DCP Wale Abbas , to take over the investigation with a view to uncovering the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the victim who was a mother of five . ”

The police spokesperson explained that investigation by detectives from SCIID led to the discovery of a shallow grave inside the suspect’ s house .

He said the lover confessed to the crime after the decomposing body of the victim was found in the grave .

“ He confessed further that he used a club to hit her on the head , which led to the woman’ s death and subsequently buried her in his house , in order to cover any trace of the woman’ s death to him . He also confessed that he used N 30 , 000 out of the money he took from the deceased to settle an outstanding debt while the remaining N 500, 000 was being kept with one of his friends , ” Abimbola added .

He said the corpse had been deposited in a morgue for postmortem , adding that the suspect would be arraigned soon.

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