An Ogun State resident, Raman Akande, has been arrested by the police after he allegedly lured a commercial sex worker in the Ifo area with a N3,000 overnight fee and then, along with another accomplice, slaughtered her like chicken for rituals.
Akande, in a confession video made at the police station, and obtained by Punch from a source, who pleaded anonymity on Wednesday, admitted that he participated in the primitive killing of the commercial sex worker after one person, identified as Ifa, promised him a reward of N100,000.
He said following the agreement with Ifa, he went and engaged the services of the victim with an agreement to pay her N3,000 if she slept at his place overnight, which the victim obliged.
Akande narrated in Yoruba (now translated) that after she had gone with him to his home, he engaged the services of one of his friends identified as Ijebu in carrying out the killing.
He said, “It was Ijebu who hit her with a wood on the head, and she collapsed. After she collapsed, I dragged her inside. I was the one who held her legs while Ijebu held her hands before Ifa slaughtered her.
“After Ifa had slaughtered her, he used a calabash to collect her blood. I agreed to participate in the process because Ifa promised to pay me N100,000.
“The lady is not my girlfriend but a commercial sex worker that I have always engaged her services in the past. I usually paid her N1,000 before, but I promised to pay her N3,000 when I went to pick her up.”
Efforts to get the reaction of the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, had yet to comment on the incident as of the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, a senior police officer privy to the incident but not authorised to speak with the media confirmed the arrest to the newspaper.
The senior officer also disclosed that the suspect had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department.
“He was arrested in Ifo, and he has been transferred to the state CID for further action,” the police officer said.
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