Kwara NYSC member's suspected killer caught, docked
Kwara State Police Command, yesterday, arraigned Abdullahi Tanko, the suspected killer of late Miss Idowu Yetunde Shukurat, a female National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, before Magistrate K. A. Yahyah in Ilorin.
The remains of late Miss Idowu Yetunde Shukura was found on the street in GRA, Ilorin, in May, having earlier left a shopping mall.
Angered by the mysterious death of the corps member, the Director General of NYSC in Abuja sent a delegation to Ilorin, the state capital, to meet the stakeholders, including the police, Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Sulu Gambari, and the state government, among others, on the need for synergy to unravel the mystery behind the death of the youth corps member so as to serve as deterrent to others.
Police Prosecutor, Inspector Matthew Ologbon, told the court that investigation revealed that Tanko and his collaborators, now at large, conspired to trick the deceased from her residence at Saw Mill area to Shoprite area, where she was killed.
The prosecutor also told the court that the suspect and his gang had raped the deceased inside their car at Tanko’s residence, Plot 6, Simeon Okedi Str., by Ukpabi Asika Road Junction, GRA, and took her body to a nearby junction.
He added that the police located Tanko's house through the traces of bloodstains, prompted his arrest.
Besides, the prosecutor told the court that the mobile phone of the deceased, with number 08132188661,was found with Tanko at the time he was arrested.
He added that efforts were ongoing to arrest Tanko's gang members.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand the suspected killer in prison custody until other suspects were arrested and completion of police investigation.
The Presiding Magistrate ordered that the accused, Tanko, 51, be remanded in Mandala Federal Prison until the case resumed for further hearing on August 10.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari Theophilus Oyebiyi Sheriff Shagaya Yomi Adeboye Kwarareports Yakub Ali-Agan International Public Sector Accounting Standards Oluwatoyin Lukman Eleyele Ijagbo Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen Presidential Election Abdullahi G. Mohammad Sola Saraki Educational Foundation Saliu Shola Taofeek Ilorin.Info Rafiu Ajakaye Atunwa Kwabes Yahaya Dumoye TIIDELab Muyideen Ajani Bello Adamu Attah Suleiman Alege Kuranga Bisi Oyeleke Code Of Conduct Tribunal Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu Tanke Road Kannike Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) LAK Jimoh Akanbi-Oke Halidu Danbaba Al-Hikmah Radio Bayo Lawal Raymond Olaitan Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Kwara Consultative Forum Aso Ofi Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange TESCOM Women For Change And Development Initiative Abiodun Abdulkareem Folaranmi Aro Aishat Mohammed Lawal Agboola Abdulraheem Arinola Lawal Doyin Group Jimoh Akani Kayode Zubair Opolo Global Innovation Limited IESA Kayode Alabi Abdulhakeem Amao Abdulwahab Ololele Razak Atunwa Salihu S. Yaru KWASEIC Oke-Ero Okin Malt AGILE Programme Adanla-Irese Lawal Olohungbebe Abdulfatai Ahmed Isiaka Yusuf Adesina Simon Sodiya Adamu Atta Oloyede Suleman Abubakar Bashirat Bola Bello Kaiama Hamza Usman Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Paul Odama Agboola Babatunde Offa Metropolitan Club Saliu Mustapha