A 27-year-old suspected internet fraudster, better known as Yahoo boy, Obeta John, has allegedly murdered his girlfriend, Idowu Buhari over claims that she refused to remit to him, a proceed of fraud paid into the girl’s account by a victim.
The victim, an HND 1 student of Mass Communication, Gateway Polytechnic Saapade, Ogun State, was allegedly beaten to death by the suspect.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, revealed that the suspect, was arrested Tuesday following a distress call received at the Ode-Remo divisional headquarters.
The police were informed that the suspect, a resident at 3, Mojubade Compound, Eredu Ishara, locked his door and started beating the girl, hitting her head against the wall.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that efforts by neighbours to persuade him to open the door did not succeed.
However, acting on the distress call, Oyeyemi said the DPO of Ode-Remo division, CSP Fasogbon Olayemi, had quickly led his officers to the scene, “where they met the victim in the pool of her blood after forcing the door open.”
The police rushed the victim to the State Hospital, Ishara, where she was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.
The suspect said to be an indigene of Enugu State, is presently in police custody.
“On interrogation, the suspect informed the police that he is an internet fraudster and that a certain amount of money from one of his clients was paid into the account of his deceased girlfriend which she refused to relinquish to him,” Oyeyemi explained.
He quoted the suspect as saying that the fight over the said money had eventually led to the death of the girl.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Lanre Bankole, has directed the transfer of the suspect to the State CIID for further investigation and prosecution by the homicide team.
