A 36-year-old man, identified as Shakiru Bello has been
arrested by Lagos State Police Command for allegedly murdering his wife for
ritual purpose in Ijora, Lagos State. Bello was arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State,
where he had allegedly gone to take cover after the alleged dastardly act in an
uncompleted building, on Monday.
He was alleged to have dismembered the wife’s body with cutlass and buried her in a shallow grave in order not to give himself away, before leaving for Ibadan, his home town.
Things took another dimension when his in-law started
suspecting the disappearance of the wife, Sherifat, by his in-law. Their
suspicion, according to a relative of the deceased, followed earlier alleged
attempt on the wife by the husband.
It was gathered that the suspect allegedly
inserted some charms into Sherifat’s private part while sleeping in their
one room apartment in Shomolu area of the state, a situation that led her to
stay away from him for some time.
However, on Monday, the deceased was said to have called the
husband on phone, demanding N10,000 for the upkeep of their three children.
They agreed to meet in Ebute-Metta area, from where they proceeded to Ijora
where the alleged act took place.
Residents besieged Ijora Police Division after the news of
the incident spread. Some of the curious residents followed the police and the
suspect to the shallow grave where the corpse of Sherifat was buried and
subsequently exhumed.
The dismembered body parts, which included the head, two
hands and legs, were in decomposing state. The stench from the exhumed
body parts did not deter the anxious crowd from having a glimpse of them.
At this point, the crowd called for instant justice on the
suspect, appealing to the police to release him for mob action. In order to
avoid the invasion of the police station, the suspect and exhibits were taken
to the Area ‘B’ Command, Apapa, with some residents still following on
motorcycles.
During interrogation, the suspect, blamed the incident on
the devil. “I don’t know what to say than it was the devil that pushed me into
butchering my wife. I am from Ibadan, in Oyo State.We have been married for 14
years now. We have three children. I was at Shomolu when she called me to meet
her at Estate bus stop, Ebutte-Metta.
She wanted to collect N10, 000 from me. We later went to
Ijora area where I killed her inside an uncompleted building.
“I killed her on Monday. If I did not bury her, people will
easily link me with her death. Yet I have been caught. It was the work of the
devil”.
The suspect, as gathered, would be transferred to the
homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department, Yaba, Vanguard.
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