The Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mr Victor Olaiya Friday gave graphic details of how a suspected daredevil driver, Ajiro Kayode murdered his boss and benefactor High Chief Abraham Babatunde, the Aromu of Omu-Aran in cold blood and took away a yet-to-be-specified huge amount of money running into millions of Naira from him.
The Police Commissioner speaking at a press conference at the police command in Ilorin while parading the suspect among others said, that”During a meticulous investigation, the suspect, Ajiro Kayode, confessed to committing the heinous act.
” On the night of August 20, 2024, at about 2215 hours, Ajiro Kayode admitted to sneaking into Chief Abraham Babatunde’s room and brutally assaulting him with a short, hard plank.
“He struck the deceased multiple times on the back of the head, resulting in his death. To cover up the crime, Ajiro Kayode then dragged Chief Abraham Babatunde’s lifeless body into the toilet to create the false impression that he had accidentally fallen”.
Vanguard Correspondent reliably gathered that the driver Ajiro Kayode for the first time since working with him caught his boss with a huge amount of money running into millions of Naira in the living earlier in the day before he planned to carry out the heinous crime later in the evening.
The police commissioner also said that suspects involved in the killing of a 21-year-old female graduating student of Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Awesu Mojisola, have been charged with criminal conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence.
Meanwhile, the command also said that the parents of one of the suspects are in police custody for allegedly causing the disappearance of evidence against their son.
It is recalled that one expelled final-year student of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, Adebayo Joshua Happiness, was earlier arrested in connection with the death of Awesu Mojisola.
Parading the suspects among other suspected criminals, the police commissioner said that a staff of the hotel where the deceased was killed was among those arrested.
“After further investigation, it was discovered that the hotel staff on duty found the deceased’s body in the room and unlawfully disposed off her body at the refuse dump”.
The police boss also said that the suspected killer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adebayo Adeniyi, attempted to tamper with evidence by retrieving Adebayo Joshua Happiness’s belongings from his school, following their son’s arrest.
“Through careful and discreet investigation, Mr. and Mrs. Adebayo Adeniyi, the suspect’s parents, were apprehended. Following their son’s arrest, they attempted to tamper with evidence by retrieving Adebayo Joshua Happiness’s belongings from his school.
” It was discovered that Mrs. Adeniyi Bukola had removed the SIM card from the deceased’s iPhone and concealed it within a wall some distance from their residence.
“Contrary to Adebayo Joshua Happiness’s initial claim that he had discarded the phone in Afelele River, Offa, both the iPhone and SIM card were recovered from his parents’ possession”.
While noting that suspects involved in the act have been charged with criminal conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence, Police Commissioner said that investigation was ongoing, adding that all suspects were in custody.
“Upon completion of investigation, the suspects will be duly charged to court to face the full extent of the law”.the police commissioner said.
It is recalled that on August 13, 2024, at about 15:00 hours, the Offa Police Station received a report from one Ogungbenro Blessing, a female resident of the Gbomi Area, Offa, Kwara State.
She reported that her room /mate, Awesu Mojisola, a 21-year-old graduating student of Kwara State College of Health Technology, had gone missing under suspicious circumstances.
“The incident occurred on August 9, 2024, at about 1500 hours, when Awesu Mojisola received a phone call from one Kolawole Timileyin, a female student from the same institution. Timileyin relayed a message from Adebayo Joshua Happiness, an expelled final-year student of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State.
“Adebayo Joshua Happiness invited Awesu Mojisola to attend a purported sign-out party at Whitefield Hotel, Ilorin, Kwara State, with a promise of N15,000. Mojisola accepted the invitation and left Offa for llorin later that day.
“Upon arrival at Ilorin, Mojisola communicated with her friends via phone, expressing discomfort and concern as there appeared to be no sign-out party. Instead, she reported being alone in a hotel room with Adebayo Joshua Happiness, who was reportedly smoking canabis. Subsequently, her phone became unreachable, and her whereabouts were unknown.
“Acting swiftly on the report, investigation by officers of the command led to the arrest of Adebayo Joshua Happiness.
“Preliminary findings revealed that Adebayo Joshua Happiness had deliberately lured Awesu Mojisola to Ilorin under false pretenses, booking a hotel room at around 1800 hours with no intention of hosting a party.
“Further investigation uncovered that at about 2345 hours on the same day, Adebayo Joshua Happiness booked an additional room at the same hotel for another female, possibly as a cover-up for his premeditated actions.
“In the early hours of August 10, 2024, Adebayo Joshua Happiness brutally murdered Awesu Mojisola. He abandoned her lifeless body in the hotel room, secured the room, and fled with Mojisola’s iPhone and a sum of N15,600 stolen from the deceased. He then returned to Offa and concealed the stolen phone in his hostel wardrobe”.he said.
