An Islamic cleric has been apprehended in Osun State for
playing part in the killing of his former woman friend.
The 43-year-old suspect, Muideen Nafiu was
arrested after the deceased’s son reported to the security agency about his
missing mother. Her lifeless body was, however, found days after with many
parts already dismembered.
The state police command while carrying out their
investigation, discovered three people played part in the killing of the woman.
The prime suspect, Nafiu after he was apprehended by the
police, confessed that he and one of his cleric friends, Yusuf Muslim killed
the woman who was once his woman friend and severed her body parts.
He said: “She was once my woman friend but we had stopped
dating for a long time. One day while I was on my way home with Muslims, we saw
the deceased and he told me he would like to date her too.
“So I arranged for them to meet and they met in my house. I
excused them, but after about 45 minutes, I went back and met them naked. I
thought she did not allow him to have sex with him, so, I held her leg but a
few minutes later, I discovered she was dead.
“I asked my friend why he killed her and he told me he
wanted to use her hand and that we should go-ahead to bury her. I quickly ran
to another friend, Rabiu Fatai to inform him of what happened. He returned to
the scene with me and with Muslim, they both cut the head, hand, heart and legs
and buried the remains,” the Punch quoted the suspect as saying.
He narrated further that the third party, Fatai took the
head and heart of the deceased to his place, while Muslims took the hand to his
house where it was burnt and they shared the ashes.
He said: “Meanwhile, Fatai was also burning the parts with
him and I was to share from it too. But at the time I was supposed to meet him
to get my share, I heard the news that Amotekun operatives were searching for
me. So, I took Fatai’s motorcycle and ran away to Lalupon to avoid being
arrested.”
Narrating the event, the deceased’s son told the police
that the suspect lured his mother to his (suspect) house before killing her and
what led to his arrest five days after committing the act.
He said: “Nafiu, my mother’s murderer was living in our
community in Ileogbo, but he had always had criminal tendencies. There was a
time he set a woman’s palm oil on fire and the entire building was gutted by
fire. He ran away from the community and returned later.
“It is not true that he was dating my late mother. To the
best of my knowledge, his mother was selling beans around the place where my
late mother was selling pepper. I used to go there and we normally saw each
other.
“He used to come to our house, where he would eat and even
sleep at times and he had that privilege because of my younger sister’s
predicament. My younger sister, who was married in Kuta was having problems in
her marriage and the suspect was privy to the information.
“So, he offered to help by preparing spiritual soap for
both my sister and my mum. On the day my mother went missing, he called her to
come and get the soap. She left home and never returned.
“After about five days of looking for her, the suspect met
me and my brother on the road and sympathized with us. He even suggested that
maybe my sister’s predicament led to my mother’s disappearance. But the next
day, a woman in his house told us that she saw my mother entering his room but
did not see her leave that was why we reported the matter to Amotekun operatives.”
Meanwhile, Nafiu had in his confession, told the police
that “they hit her with a charm on the chest which made her lose consciousness
before collecting her phone and destroying the sim card.”
“He buried her in a bush not too far from his house and the
way they did it showed that they might have been doing such an act before,” the
victim’s son noted further.
He added: “My siblings and I were devastated especially
when we went to the grave to exhume her body and discovered that her body parts
were severed from the rest of the body.
“The most painful part of the whole scenario was that our
mother was killed by someone who ate and slept in our house. My 52-year-old
mother had seven of us and I am the second child.
“We want justice. People like Muideen should not be living
among humans because we will all be endangered. Imagine someone who would sleep
and dine with us eventually killed our mother. He should be made to face the
wrath of the law.”
