Police detectives in Ondo state, have arrested a 29-year-old woman, Atinuke Adeniyi and a hotelier, Adeojo Ilesanmi, over the alleged murder of an Akure socialite, Oladoyinbo Adebayo Sunday.
The late socialite was murdered on December 10, 2023, and his corpse dumped inside his vehicle, at ljapo Estate in Akure, the state capital.
Police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, in a statement issued in Akure, said on the contrary, the socialite was murdered inside an hotel and his corpse driven in his vehicle and later abandoned where it was found.
Odunlami said in that, “On the 10th of December 2023, the corpse of one Adebayo popularly called Saybayo was found abandoned in his car within Ijapo Estate Akure.
“The SWAT team through intelligence-led policing apprehended one Atinuke Adeniyi ‘f’ aged 29 years who claimed she and the deceased were involved in a romantic affair, and that on the 9th,a day before the corpse was dumped, she and the deceased made out at a brothel in Ijapo, after which the deceased started convulsing and out of fear she abandoned him and quietly left the room.
“The suspect led the police team to the brothel where one Adeojo Ilesanmi, aged 50 years, the owner of the brothel was arrested.
“He confessed to have driven the corpse to the scene where it was found from his brothel with claims that he was afraid when he realized the deceased died in his brothel.
“Investigation is still in progress while suspects will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
