A final-year student, Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde, from Kwara State College of Education, was found dead at the residence of an Islamic cleric in Ilorin. The cleric, identified as Abdulrahman Mohad Ballo, had lured her through Facebook.
Yetunde was tragically killed for ritual purposes after being deceived by Ballo, whom she met on the social media platform.
The Kwara State Police Command confirmed that a suspect, reportedly the son of a well-known Muslim cleric from the Isalekoto area, is currently in custody at the police headquarters in Ilorin.
Reports indicate that Yetunde was attending a naming ceremony when she received a call from a friend. She stepped away from her meal to answer it and then went missing. Despite efforts by her family and friends to locate her, she was nowhere to be found.
Her father, Ibrahim Lawal, reported her disappearance on Tuesday at the Oja-Oba Police Division in Ilorin.
Using her phone number, the police traced her last call to a suspect in the Ofa Garage area of Ilorin, though his family resides in Isalekoto.
Upon his arrest, the suspect initially denied knowing her whereabouts. However, during a search of his residence, he admitted that she had been there and claimed she died from an asthma attack after he invited her over.
Further investigation led to a gruesome discovery—Hafsoh’s body had been dismembered and hidden in a bowl, with cutting tools found nearby, believed to have been used in the act.
The suspect is currently in custody at the Kwara State Police Headquarters. He is suspected of luring Hafsoh through Facebook, obtaining her phone number, and deceiving her into coming to his home.