The Lagos Police Command has apprehended a suspect in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Adeolu Olubade, whose body was discovered in a shallow grave within an apartment on Jesus Assembly Omoguwa Street, Ejigbo.
Pastor Anthony Kwamboli, 30, of Jesus Disciples Assembly Church, is alleged to have slashed the boy’s throat while he was sleeping, then buried the body in a grave he dug inside the room.
The crime is believed to have taken place between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm on September 2, 2024.
According to SP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, the victim’s family identified Kwamboli as the suspect. The family reported the discovery to the police on September 3, 2024, at around 8:00 am.
The police dispatched detectives to the scene, where they photographed the shallow grave before exhuming the body. The corpse has been sent to Isolo General Hospital for a postmortem examination. The shovel believed to have been used in the burial has been recovered and is now held as evidence.
Hundeyin stated that the suspect will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Unit at Alagbon for further investigation.
