By Robert AKPAN, Senior investigation Reporter, Lagos.
POLICE Operatives attached Auchi Divisional Headquarters in Edo State have uncovered the murderous act of a man simply identified as Koma for allegedly luring his cousin, Usman Abdul Lateef into the bush and murdered him. Sources said Koma did not only murder his cousin, he also buried him in a shallow grave having collected his ATM Card; all in a bid to conceal his dastardly act and withdraw the N2 million proceed from land sale lodged in a second generation bank
Checks at the Auchi Divison revealed that the deceased was on May 13, 2020 declared missing after Koma with whom he was last seen returned home without his cousin. It was gathered that upon the revelation to the Police that the deceased said to be popular among the youth of his community in Akpekpe was last seen with Koma, the Police invited him for questioning and was released on bail while investigation continued. In the meantime, CrimeWorld learnt that while search by the Azomode Age Grade members and investigation by the Police of the Auchi Divisional Headquarters was ongoing, the family of the deceased had contacted the Auchi GTBank branch and notified his account manager about the development. Sources hinted that unknown to the Killer cousin that the deceased’s bank account had been placed on surveillance, he attempted making some withdrawals on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 from the account following which Police operatives were contacted and he was promptly arrested. He later bucked and confessed to the crime and led a combined team of Police detectives and Vigilantes to the spot along Igarra road where he overpowered the deceased, killed and buried him.
It was not possible to get the reaction of the Edo State Police Command Headquarters as of the time of this report but a source close to the office of the PPRO, DSP Okechukwu said the remains of Usman had since been exhumed and laid to rest according to Islamic rites; adding that Koma had been transferred to the SCIID for further interrogation and prosecution
*The remains of Usman after being exhumed…
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