A yet to be identified man has been arrested by Officers of the Kogi State Police Command over the alleged murder of his friend, Kehinde Ajayi in Felele area of Lokoja, the Kogi state capital.
The suspect after carrying out the dastardly act on Sunday, July 24, 2022, secretly buried the victim’s remains at his residence.
It was gathered that the victim- Mr. Ajayi- met his untimely death barely few days after purchasing a Toyota Sienna vehicle with number plate LSD 228 HJ.
He was reportedly lured by his friend to a location in the community to celebrate the newly bought vehicle but he instead killed him and fled with his vehicle.
“Ajayi, the it suspect as well as some other persons, left for the location, before the victim sudden disappearance, a source disclosed.
Following his disappearance, family of the deceased reported a case of a missing person at the nearest police station.
The police after much investigation apprehended one of his friends who gave useful information as to what happened to him.
The suspect on Monday, took policemen to his house, and showed them the location where he buried Ajayi’s corpse.
Meanwhile, angry youths stormed the suspect’s residence after police exhumed Ajayi’s corpse, vandalising his apartment.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP William Ayah, confirmed the incident.
According to him, “The body of late Ajayi has been recovered and investigation is still on to arrest others who might have been involved in his killing.”