The 25-year-old Alfa AbdulRahman Bello, alleged to have killed the 24-year-old final-year student of the Kwara State College of Education, Hafsoh Lawal, has allegedly confessed to killing his victim for “oshole” (money-making ritual).
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said: “The suspect, Mohammed Bello, has confessed to the crime with the intent to do oshole/ajoo ówò (money rituals).”
The Guardian Newspaper recalled that Hafsoh met Alfa Bello on Facebook, where a relationship was struck with her killer-lover.
According to the police report, the fake lover, on February 10, 2025, invited the unsuspecting victim, who was at her friend’s child’s naming ceremony, to his home, only to be killed and butchered to pieces.
“The deceased’s father, Ibrahim Lawal of Adefalu’s Compound, Oju-Ekun Area, Ilorin, on February 11, 2025, reported at the Divisional Police Headquarters, C-Division, Oja-Oba, that his daughter, Yetunde Lawal, had attended the naming ceremony of her friend’s baby not far from their place of residence the previous day, February 10, 2025, at about 1400hrs but never returned home.
“Concerned about her whereabouts, her mother contacted some of her friends, but no useful information was obtained. When her father was informed, he made several attempts to call her phone numbers, but the calls went unanswered.
“Her phone number was tracked, and the result led to the arrest of one AbdulRahman M. Bello. The suspect was immediately apprehended and taken into custody.
“During interrogation, he confessed to the killing of the victim,” the PPRO explained.
The police officer hinted that the police swooped on him and recovered mobile phones and slippers belonging to the deceased.
“We recovered dismembered body parts (both hands), a plastic bottle containing the victim’s blood, a cutlass, a knife, an axe, a wooden box of black soap, a sack containing charms, and a center table used in carrying out this heinous act,” she narrated.
Meanwhile, the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for a discreet investigation and subsequent prosecution.
The Command, however, sympathized with the family of the bereaved, urging the general public to remain vigilant while reporting suspicious activities of person(s) to the authorities, giving 07032069501 and 08125275046 as emergency numbers to call.
