A 27 years old Yahoo boy, Obeta John, was on Tuesday 29th of November 2022, arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for killing his girlfriend, Idowu Buhari a Higher National Diploma 1 Mass Communication student of Gateway polytechnic Saapade.
The suspect was arrested following a distress call received at Ode -Remo Divisional Headquarters that the suspect, who resides at No 3, Mojubade Compound, Eredu Ishara, locked himself and his girlfriend inside his room and had started beating the girl and hitting her head against the wall, and all efforts made to persuade him to open the door proved abortive.
Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Ode-Remo Division, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Fasogbon Olayemi, quickly led his men to the scene where they met the victim in a pool of her blood after forcing the door opened.
The victim was quickly rushed to State Hospital Ishara, but was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.
The suspect, an indigene of Enugu State was promptly arrested and taken into custody.
On interrogation, John informed the police that he was an internet fraudster and that a certain amount of money from one of his clients was paid into the account of his deceased girlfriend which she refused to relinquish to him.
He stated further that the argument over the said money led to scuffling between them, eventually leading to the girl’s death.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
