A 27-year-old Yahoo boy has been arrested for allegedly killing his undergraduate girlfriend in Ogun State, Police authorities in the state said in a statement posted online.
According to the statement signed and published online by the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the 27-year-old yahoo boy identified as Obeta John, was on Tuesday 29th of November 2022, arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for killing his girlfriend, one Idowu Buhari an HND1 Mass Communication student of Gateway polytechnic Saapade.
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi who posted the photos of the 27-year-old yahoo boy and his victim, stated in the statement released on Wednesday 30th November 2022, that the suspect was arrested following a distress call received at Ode -Remo divisional headquarters, that the suspect, who resides at No.3 Mojubade compound Ishara locked himself and his girlfriend inside his room and had started beating the girl and hitting her head against the wall, and all efforts made to persuade him to open the door proved abortive. Upon the distress call, the DPO Ode-Remo division, CSP Fasogbon Olayemi quickly led his men to the scene where they met the victim in the pool of her blood after forcing the door open.
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi also added that the victim was quickly rushed to State Hospital Ishara, but was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty. The suspect an indigene of Enugu state was promptly arrested and taken into custody.
“On interrogation, the suspect Obeta John informed the Police that he is an internet fraudster and that a certain amount of money from his client was paid into the account of his deceased girlfriend which she refused to relinquish to him.
He stated further that it was the argument that led to scuffles between them which eventually led to the death of the girl,” SP Abimbola Oyeyemi added in the statement.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre S. Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide section of the state
criminal investigation departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.