{"id":100167,"date":"2022-10-09T17:15:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100167"},"modified":"2022-10-09T17:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:15:05","slug":"rituals-yahoo-boys-murder-mutilate-40-year-old-man-in-ogun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/rituals-yahoo-boys-murder-mutilate-40-year-old-man-in-ogun\/","title":{"rendered":"Rituals: \u2018Yahoo Boys\u2019 Murder, Mutilate 40-Year-Old Man In Ogun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1746224185774930100\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police in Ogun State have arrested two suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as \u2018Yahoo Boys\u2019 who allegedly murdered and mutilated the body of a 40-years-old man, Abdullahi Azeez, for money rituals.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe suspects \u2014 Friday Abinya Odeh, 21; and Poso Idowu, 20, were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba Divisional Headquarters by the relatives of the victim.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Sunday said that the relatives of the victim told the police that Azeez left his home in Kobape area of Abeokuta on June 8, 2022, and did not return.<\/p>\n<p>Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, immediately directed the anti-kidnapping unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments to take over \u201cthe investigation and unravel the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the SP Taiwo Opadiran-led team subsequently embarked on a \u201ctechnical and intelligence-based investigation\u201d, which led them to the hideout of Friday Abinya Odeh in September.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO said the SIM card of the victim was recovered at the scene. He added that Abinya\u2019s arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice, Poso Idowu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn interrogation, the suspects confessed that they kidnapped the victim on the 8th of June 2022 at Kobape area, at 7:30 pm, from where they forcefully took him to the bush, killed him and mutilated his body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey confessed further that it was one herbalist simply identified as Arab Money who they claimed to have contacted on Facebook that prescribed the ritual for them,\u201d Oyeyemi said.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesman added that \u201call efforts to recover the remains of the victim proved abortive as the suspects claimed to have disposed of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He quoted the Commission of Police to have directed that the suspects be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Ogun State have arrested two suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as \u2018Yahoo Boys\u2019 who allegedly murdered and mutilated the body of a 40-years-old man, Abdullahi Azeez, for money&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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