Medical Director Arrested For Alleged Murder Of Two Ladies
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The Chief Medical Director at Kaiama General Hospital, Kwara
State, Dr Adio Adeyemi Adebowale, has been arrested by the police for alleged
murder.
Adio was arrested in connection with the alleged murder of one Ifeoluwa
(f) declared missing at Tanke area of Ilorin in 2021 and one Nofisat Halidu in
Kaiama, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Spokesman of
the State Police Command, Okasanmi Ajayi, broke the news in Ilorin on Sunday.
He said investigation into the cases began on Saturday on the
order of the new Police Commissioner, Paul Odama who resumed few weeks ago,
after stumbling on some petitions written by some citizens in the State.
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In the case of Ifeoluwa declared missing at Tanke, her body was
later discovered on a bush at Alapa area of Ilorin, where the suspect, Dr
Adio, dumped it according to police investigation.
Okasanmi, said
“a particular matter that struck the new CP, was the reported case of one
missing lady by name Nofisat Halidu (f), in Kaiama, on 21/11/2021.”
He said a high-powered investigation team led by the Deputy
Commissioner of Police, in the State CID, was mandated to unravel the mystery
surrounding the kidnap case and other unresolved cases before his assumption
of office.
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Okasanmi said, “Working on a lead provided by Dr Adio
Adeyemi Adebowale, in Edo State, confirming he killed one Ifeoluwa (f) who was
declared missing at Tanke area of Ilorin, investigation led the team to Kaiama
General Hospital where the suspect’s office was forced opened.
“A
cursory look at the office presented a suspicious site of a freshly cemented
floor tiles; curiously, the tiles were broken and a gory site welcomed the
detectives.
“Behold, lying inside the shallow grave was a
decomposing carcass of an unidentified female.”
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“Further search of
the office led to the opening of a trash can where another body of a lady
later identified as the earlier reported missing Nofisat Halidu (f) identified
by the husband, oner Halidu and other members of the community present at
scene during the search,” the spokesman further revealed.
Okasanmi
disclosed that other items recovered in the detained doctor’s office,
included: “two telephone handsets found in the handbag of one of the ladies
found in the doctor’s drawer, two female handbags, a female wig, a veil and a
female pants.”
“In furtherance of the investigation into the
matter, the Kwara State Police Commissioner, Paul Odama, contacted the Edo
State police command requesting for the release of the suspect to the Kwara
State Police Command to answer some questions regarding discoveries in his
office,” the spokesman disclosed.
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