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How Ogun transporter allegedly killed retired civil servant over N3.45m
A 49-year-old transporter in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Saburi Lateef, has allegedly confessed to killing a retired civil servant, Mrs Adedotun Oluwaseun, following a dispute over N3.45 million.
Lateef who was popularly recognized as Alhaji Oki Osan, was arrested about 10 months after Oluwaseun was murdered in her residence at Bode Olude neighborhood.
The suspect was reportedly amongst these who visited the deceased’s household to mourn with them after her loss of life.
Oluwaseun, a retired confidential secretary with the Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board, was allegedly strangled, whereas her physique bore a number of machete wounds.
A supply at the Homicide Section of the Ogun State Police Command stated the investigation initially yielded no clear lead till detectives intensified efforts to establish the perpetrator.
The supply stated the Commissioner of Police, Olubode Ojajuni, directed officers to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing.
According to the supply, investigators suspected that the assault may have been motivated by the perception that the deceased had just lately obtained her retirement advantages.
In his account, Lateef claimed that he had recognized Oluwaseun for about 10 years and alleged that she owed him N3.45 million from the proceeds of his broken-down truck, which he stated he bought to increase cash for one other car.
He claimed that after promoting the truck for N3.5 million, he gave N50,000 to individuals who labored round the place it was parked and handed the remaining cash to the deceased, anticipating her to help him financially.
Lateef alleged that the deceased repeatedly postponed giving him the promised mortgage and later refused to return the cash.
He reportedly admitted gaining entry to her sitting room after eradicating a burglary-proof becoming from a window.
According to his account, an argument broke out when she returned dwelling, throughout which he allegedly strangled her and inflicted machete cuts on her physique.
However, the deceased’s household has denied understanding the suspect or being conscious of any monetary dealings between him and their mom.
Her eldest daughter, Mrs Taiwo Atanda, described the circumstances surrounding her mom’s loss of life as stunning and troublesome to comprehend.
Recounting her mom’s last hours, Atanda stated Oluwaseun visited her after attending a good friend’s retirement celebration round the Rounder space of Abeokuta.
“She came to my house and spent several hours with me and my children before returning home in the evening. There was nothing to suggest that anything was wrong,” she stated.
Atanda stated she turned nervous the following day when her mom failed to make her traditional phone calls and her telephone remained switched off.
“I knew something was wrong because my mother normally called us. When I could not reach her, I contacted a neighbour to help check on her,” she stated.
According to her, the neighbour later joined one other resident to verify the home, the place they found Oluwaseun’s physique on the bathroom closet.
The discovery, she stated, left the household devastated.
Atanda additionally expressed shock that the suspect was allegedly amongst these who got here to mourn with the household after the killing.
“We don’t know this man. We have been celebrating Christmas with my mother, and we have never seen him in her house,” she stated.
She known as on the police and the Ogun State Government to guarantee that the investigation leads to justice for her mom.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Banaseyi, attributed the breakthrough to the persistence, professionalism and dedication of officers concerned in the investigation.
He assured residents that the command remained dedicated to guaranteeing that perpetrators of legal acts have been introduced to justice.
The suspect’s claims regarding the N3.45 million have not been independently established, whereas the household disputes his account of their relationship with the deceased.
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