Traditional ruler suspects yahoo boys behind rape, killing of Barakat Bello

Segun Showunmi in Ibadan

The Traditional ruler of Akinyele town in Akinyele Local Government of Oyo State, Oba James Oluyemi Odeniran has linked the murder of an 18-year-old student of Federal College of Animal Health and Production, Apata, Ibadan, Bello Barakat, to suspected yahoo boys.

Penpushing reports that the monarch while speaking during an interview with journalists about the incident which occurred in his domain noted that none of the parts of the body of the deceased was removed, adding that this might be the work of yahoo boys otherwise known as “badoo”.

“The news got to me on that day through one of my chiefs who was living in that area, we quickly went to that place with my people where we saw the lifeless body of that lady lying on the ground’, the monarch lamented.

“No one can categorically say if the lady was raped or not because nobody was caught during the deadly act, It is yahoo boys that when they killed someone, they won’t remove any part of their victim, they will just used their handchief to clean the blood of the victim and thereafter give the handkerchiefs to ritualist”,he posited

“What I was told was that the victim came to that place about two days before that incident, we discovered that the house where the incident happened was an uncompleted building having bush at its back, so even if the lady cried out for help, no one can heard her cry talk less of coming to rescued her”

“What we assume was that the lady was struggling with the assailant when they bounced on her because we saw a room where all the property was littered on the ground”, the traditional ruler said

“After the incident, I directed all the hunters to search all the nudes and crannies of the bush around the house and they have been there day and night to lay ambush may be someone will be caught, so our searchlight is still on that particular spot.”

“I’ve also directed all the landlords around that area to cleared all the bush and there would be penalty for whoever fails to do so. We went to the DPO and we were later directed to the Commissioner of Police at Eleyele’

‘So the father of the victim told the CP the same thing he told me, so the CP now directed the DPO to tide up the case and send it to the Criminal Investigative Department CID, Iyaganku for further investigation, said what happened was just like a dream to us.”

Penpushing further reports that the father of the victim, Mr Bello said that he has leave everything to Allah to judge, saying that “what else do you want me to say, a lot of press men have come  here doing interview and taking pictures, what has gone has gone, let’s forget it because the deed has been done already.”

The mother of the deceased who was inside a room where women numbering about ten were consoling her over the demised of her daughter,  refused speaking with journalists saying the God, giveth, and He has also taken her back.

Penpushing reports that, one of the colleagues of the deceased, Fateye Zion who is also the President of National Association of Science Laboratory Students, Ibadan chapter noted that the incident was unfortunate, saying that the deceased was a fresher who haven’t even done her matriculation.

“We are here to console with the parentS of the victim, and to showed our solidarity and support, killer of Barakat should be dealt with and made to face the law.”