Crime
Kwara Police Arrest Three Suspects For Allegedly Killing ‘Keke Napep’ Chairman
A decomposing male corpse was found with its head, part of the buttocks, and both wrists severed
Ilorin, Kwara State– The Kwara State Police Command has arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the heinous murder of one Olarenwaju Saliman, the Chairman of the Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (TOAN) Idiose Alore branch, Ilorin, Kwara State.
The suspects were identified as, Abdullahi Ibrahim of Medina area, Ilorin, Ismaila Ajirerin, (38) of Akata compound, Alore, Ilorin and Adeola Adeosun, (40) of Omo compound, Eruda.
In a statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ejire Adeyemi Toun, in Ilorin on Tuesday, March 12, stated that a case of culpable homicide was reported on March 10th, 2024, at about 10:00 a.m.
The statement read; “Mr Olarenwaju Saliman of Alorin Area, Ilorin, reported a disturbing incident involving his brother Mr Musibau Aliu at G Division, Oloje.
“According to Mr Saliman, his brother left home on March 8th, 2024, at around 17:00hrs, with his tricycle for commercial purposes and has since not returned home. Despite exhaustive efforts to trace him, including repeated calls to his phone number which was unanswered, Mr Aliu remained missing.
“On March 10th, 2024, at about 13:30hrs, the command received information regarding the discovery of a headless corpse in an uncompleted building along Okolowo Expressway, by Daru-Salam Area. Upon arrival at the scene, a decomposing male corpse was found with its head, part of the buttocks, and both wrists severed. It was later confirmed by Mr. Saliman that the deceased was indeed his missing brother, Mr. Musibau Aliu.
She added that the deceased was identified as the Chairman of the Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (TOAN), Idiose Alore.
The image maker, however, stated that the Kwara State Police Command sympathizes with the family of Mr Musibau Aliu during this period of grief.
“We are committed to exhaustively pursuing the perpetrators of this dastardly act. Investigation into this tragic incident is ongoing with a view toward ensuring justice.”