Police Arrests Four Suspects For Rape, Murder Of A Woman In Kwara

Four suspects were arrested by Security operatives for Allegedly raping and killing a woman.

The suspects were arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command in Esie and Ijan towns, Irepodun local government area of the state.

The arrest was confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson of the NSCDC in the state, Babawale Zaid Afolabi.

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While disclosing this in a statement on Monday, April 5, he gave the name of the suspects as Adams Sodiq, 19, Rasaq Rasheed,16, Lukman Quadri, 15, and Billiaminu Qayum,16.

According to the spokesperson, an officer of the corps, Babatunde Azeez, on April 2, 2021, at about 5:00 am received a complaint from the Secretary, Fulani/Bororo in Esie and Ijan region, Alhaji Musa Waziri, of a missing woman identified as Aishat Sanni.

He stated:

“Having carried out investigations on the above fact findings, the following facts emerged; That the deceased, Aishat Sanni was declared missing on 02/04/2021 by Alhaji Musa Waziri and a report was made to the office of NSCDC, Esie/Ijan outpost,” Afolabi stated.

“Her body was later discovered on the 03/04/2021 in the bush around 08:30 am half-naked and cuts all over her body”

“Three out of the suspects namely Rasaq Rasheed, Lukman Quadri and Biliaminu Qoyum, confirmed in the statements that the prime suspect, Sodiq Adams, arrested a Bororo woman for allegedly stealing cashew nuts but later escaped.

“Our investigation revealed that Sodiq Adam convinced the other three suspects to run after the second Bororo woman who ran away so that he can have canal knowledge of the one arrested.

“In the process of trying to rape the deceased, he was bitten in the left arm and bruises on his neck inflicted by the late Aishat.”