Alfa kills and shares friend’s mutilated body parts

AN Alfain the Badagry area of Lagos State, Fatai Afobaje, has been
accused of conspiring with some security men in his area to kill his
friend, Rafiu Suleiman.
Police sources said after the 40-year-old was dead, Afobaje, along
with five others, shared his remains among themselves for ritual
purposes.
It was gathered that what remained of the late Kwara State indigene
was recovered by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday, after an
intensive search.
The incident happened at Oko Agbonla, Magbon in the Badagry area.
Firstclass newsline gathered that Afobaje and Suleiman had been
friends for a long time, and the deceased had given a lot of money to
the suspect.
Afobaje was said to have conspired with the Chief Security Officer of
the area, identified only as Tanko, to kill Suleiman on Friday.
A source learnt that apart from the corpse, the police also recovered
a clay pot which contained the fingers of the deceased with a few
naira notes.
A source said the two men had met in a commercial bus and became
friends that lasted for years.
He said, "The two men met in a commercial bus. Suleiman had offered to
pay the transport fare of Afobaje after the conductor was about
embarrassing him because he had no change.
"TheAlfathen said he would like to know him better for being so
gracious to him (Alfa). So, Suleiman gave theAlfahis address and asked
him to visit.
"That was how the friendship started. From what we found out,
Suleiman, who worked as a crane operator, would collect his salary and
give half of it toAlfaat the end of the month and that happened for a
long time."
The source, who added that investigation was still on, said Afobaje
suddenly connived with his friends to kill Suleiman.
Another source said on Friday, last week, the victim was called by
Alfato come for a meeting around 8pm.
He said, "As soon as the victim got to the street's gate, the security
guards surrounded him and asked who he was looking for. When he told
them, they flogged him with charms and he died.
"They then called theAlfato come and when he arrived, they shared his
body parts. While one collected his head, another demanded all his
intestines, while another asked for his breasts, which were given
out."
A source learnt that when the victim's boss did not find him, he made
a call to his wife, who explained that she had yet to also see him.
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His boss was said to have contacted policemen from the Morogbo
division who then launched a search for him.
The deceased's brother, Yinusa Wahab, told the source that the
victim's wife asked him to search Afobaje's house, adding that the
victim was there.
Wahab said, "We went to the house, but he was not around. We searched
everywhere and didn't see my brother. Later, we saw a mutilated corpse
floating on a stream near the house. It was swollen and there was no
head. The breast had been cut off.
"We went back to the house and as we looked around, I saw some fingers
in a pot which were still being burnt and when I saw them, I could
recognise that they belonged to my brother."
The police were said to have apprehended the suspect, and he
reportedly named the chief security officer as an accomplice.
Afobaje, when queried, owned up to the act, saying he divided the body
with the other suspects.
He said, "He was on his way to my house when he was killed. When I got
there, he had been killed and then we shared his body. I urge my
accomplices to also confess because the act has been uncovered and
there is nothing we can do about it."
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Kenneth
Nwosu, confirmed the incident.
He said, "The decomposing corpse of the victim has been recovered,
whileAlfaFatai has been arrested.
"The matter has been transferred to the State Department of Criminal
Investigation, Yaba.
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