Police Arrest Three for Alleged Murder of Tricycle Owners Leader in Kwara
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested three suspects for alleged culpable homicide in Ilorin, the state capital.
The police command said that, the victim was the Chairman of Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (TOAN), Mr. Musibawu Aliu and was earlier declared missing last Friday before the dismembered corpse of the deceased was discovered in an uncompleted building in Ilorin on Tuesday.
In another development, operatives of the Enugu State Police Command said they have rescued the security man who was kidnapped alongside a director at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla in Enugu state.
The suspects arrested in Ilorin are Ibrahim Abdullahi of Medina area, Ismaila Ajirerin, (38) of Akata compound, Alore, and Adeola Adeosun, (40) of Omo compound, Eruda, all residents of Ilorin the state capital.
A statement issued in Ilorin yesterday signed by the police Command's Public Relations Officer(PPRO) DSP Ejire Adeyemi Toun, said: “The case was reported on March 10, 2024, at about 10:00hrs.
“Mr Olarenwaju Saliman of Alore area, Ilorin, reported a disturbing incident involving his brother Mr Musibau Aliu at 'G' Division, Oloje area of Ilorin metropolis.
“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 were unanswered, Mr Aliu remained missing”.
The statement added: “On March 10, 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.
“The deceased was identified as the Chairman of the Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (TOAN), Idiose Alore.”
Ejire said the state police command, while sympathising with the family of Mr. Musibau Aliu during this period of grief, remained committed to exhaustively pursuing the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
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