36 YEARS OLD MECHANIC ARRESTED OVER DEATH OF 40 YEAR OLD WOMANFRIEND
The police boss said, the family of the late mother of four reported about her missing to the police, and after through investigation and technical intelligence it was discovered that he(suspect) was the last person that spoke with the deceased on phone, which led to the subsequent arrest
“The suspect here was arrested through painstaking technical intelligence by our men at State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for Culpable Homicide. His lady friend was earlier reported missing by her younger brother Hammed Idowu when she left home since 1/02/2018 to attend a naming ceremony at Bode-Olode area, Abeokuta, but yet to return since then’.Ilyasu said.
“On the strength of the reports, a technical intelligence based investigation was embarked upon by detectives at Homicide section, her telephone call log was profiled and revealed that the last person she spoke with was Owolabi Musiliu who was tracked and apprehended on March 19, 2018 at Camp area, Abeokuta.”
The suspect after exhuming the corpse swore to journalists that he didn’t kill the lady, explaining that she suddenly fell ill, while they were in the hotel, and was rushing her to the hospital and suddenly gave up the ghost
Owolabi who is married with three children added. “I did not kill her I swear before God. When we were about to start sex, she started complaining of heat, so I switched on the fan and also opened the window. Later she became restless and I decided to rush her to the hospital. One of the hotel attendants directed me to a nearby hospital, but before I got there, she had given up.”
On his failure to report to the police or family, but resolved to bury her, he said, “I was afraid. I thought I would be in trouble by reporting to the Police, so I decided to bury her secretly, and I buried her phone too.”
Meanwhile, the State Police Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect would soon be arraigned before a court on completion of investigations.
