‘Envious Friends’ Confess To Killing Colleague For Doing Better Than Them

A murder suspect, Wahab Hammed, 28, has disclosed that he conspired with his friend, Adegoke Ayobami, 31, to kill one Oguntade Wasiu because the deceased was making more money than the two of them.

According to the spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola during a suspect parade at the Police headquarters Osogbo, the duo were arrested after a case of missing person was reported at the B Division Modakeke on August 7, 2022.

Opalola said, the arrest came after the case was transferred to the Anti-Robbery section of the Command State Criminal Investigation Department and swiftly the team extended its investigation tentacles to Alaro area of Modakeke where one Adegoke Ayobami was arrested on 12/8/22.

Opalola stated that an investigation revealed that the suspects and the victim were friends and internet fraudsters.

In her words, “Having discovered that the deceased was always making money more than them, the duo conspired and lured their friend (the deceased) to an uncompleted building in a remote part of Alaro area, Modakeke in a bid to collect money from him and in the course of struggle he was killed.

“The suspects made away with the victim’s motorcycle which was recovered from the second suspect’s house.”

She disclosed that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.