Suspected killers of UNIOSUN student arrested
Kidnappers and killers of a a 400-level student of Osun State University, Osogbo, Adebisi Rofiat Damilola, have been arrested.
The suspects apprehended by the Department of State Security Service (DSS), Osun State Command are a herbalist, simply identified as Jelili also known as Ifa (oracle) and a commercial driver, Elijah Oyebode.
During interogation, the driver confessed that the herbalist contracted him to bring a young lady and get N10,000 (ten thousand) as reward.
Elijah said Rofiat boarded his vehicle from Ipetu-Ijesa campus of UNIOSUN to Osogbo.
The kidnapped and killed lady was studying Science Education before the misfortune.
It would be recalled that Rofiat who left Ipetu-Ijesa for Osogbo on December 22nd, 2016 got missing along the way.
Later, her corpse was found on the roadside along Ikirun/Iragbiji road six days later.
Elijah who spoke in Yoruba language narrated, “I took her (Rofiat) from Ipetu-Ijesa. There were other passengers in my vehicle that day. The girl matched the specification that Ifa (herbalist) gave
me. Ifa said I should bring a lady that has never bore a child. When I saw the student, I was sure very that she had not given birth to a child.
me. Ifa said I should bring a lady that has never bore a child. When I saw the student, I was sure very that she had not given birth to a child.
“Ifa had given me a charm that I will use to hypnotise
any lady that I want to bring. He said once I put the charm in my pocket, I only need to have body contact with the lady and she would be hypnotised. The charm was already in my pocket when I saw the lady and I ensured that my body touched her. From there, she didn’t know anything again.
any lady that I want to bring. He said once I put the charm in my pocket, I only need to have body contact with the lady and she would be hypnotised. The charm was already in my pocket when I saw the lady and I ensured that my body touched her. From there, she didn’t know anything again.
“After dropping other passengers at the various destinations, I took the lady to Ifa at his house in Ikirun and he received her and gave me
N10,000. I pity the lady when I was leaving because I knew she would not come out alive. My conscience was telling me that what I did was bad.
N10,000. I pity the lady when I was leaving because I knew she would not come out alive. My conscience was telling me that what I did was bad.
“When I left Ifa’s house, I went to a bush to dump the lady’s luggage which contained some clothes. Few minutes later, her phone started ringing. I knew her people must be looking for her. I took the phone to Yusuff to help me sell it. I told Yusuff that a passenger forgot the phone in my vehicle.
“The phone kept ringing and I later picked it. Yusuff told me that it was dangerous to receive the call because they could use it to trace us. I removed the SIM card and threw it away instantly to prevent her
people from reaching us. We sold the phone for N20,000. We shared it N10,000 each.
people from reaching us. We sold the phone for N20,000. We shared it N10,000 each.
On his part, the herbalist debunked some of claims of the driver.
He claimed that the driver was telling lie and that Elijah was just his contract driver that he used
occasionally.
occasionally.
Our correspondent gathered that the DSS has incriminatory evidence against the herbalist.
The Commissioner of police in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye said a joint team of DSS and policemen are investigating the matter.
