The Ondo state Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 45-year-old man, Bankole Oginni, who claims to be a football coach, for allegedly killing his lover of the same age in his room at Oke-Aro, Akure, the state capital.
Oginni, who was nabbed by men of Nigerian Police Force, B-Division, Oke-Aro, Akure, said he called the victim for a visit before her line became unreachable.
Speaking on the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo state police command, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, in a statement said a lady reported the incident at Oke-Aro Police station which led to the arrest of the suspect.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) stated that the lifeless body of the deceased was found inside the room of the man with her legs and hands tied while her stomach was Nopened and her intestines removed.
The Police spokesperson said there were patches on her body that shows sign of hot water burns adding that the body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue.
“Also, there were patches on her body that shows sign of hot water burns.”
He stated further that, “After she left for his house, she did not return and her phone was switched off.
Her daughter traced her to the house of the lover, only to find her lifeless body in the room of the ex-lover with her legs and hands tied and her body opened with her intestines removed.”
Odunlami said the suspect is in police custody while the body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue.