A medical doctor with Kaiama General Hospital in Kwara, Adio Adeyemi, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Ifeoluwa.
According to The Punch, Adeyemi who reportedly kidnapped his girlfriend before killing her also killed another lady, a housewife, Nofisat Halidu, in 2021.
Ifeoluwa had been declared missing in Tanker area of Ilorin, Kwara State while the husband of Nafisat, one Mr Halidu reported his wife was missing.
Kwara State Police Command confirmed the arrest of Adeyemi through its Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, on Sunday in a statement.
The statement read in part, “On assumption of office as Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, while going through some petitions written by some citizens, a particular case struck the CP, Paul Odama, regarding a reported case of one missing lady, Nofisat Halidu, in Kaiama, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, on November 21, 2021.
“Incidentally, the said doctor was the Chief Medical Director of Kaiama General Hospital. Investigation led the team to Kaiama General Hospital, where the suspect’s office was forced opened. A cursory look at the office presented a suspicious sight of freshly cemented floor tiles; curiously, the tiles were broken and a gory sight welcomed the detectives. Behold, lying inside the shallow grave was the decomposing corpse of an unidentified female.
“Further search of the office led to the opening of a trash can, where another body of a lady later identified as the earlier reported missing Nofisat Halidu identified by the husband, one Mr Halidu, and other members of the community, who were present at the scene as of the time of the search.
“Other items recovered in the detained doctor’s office include two telephone handsets found in the handbag of one of the ladies found in the doctor’s drawer. Two female handbags, a female wig, a veil and female pants.
“In furtherance of the investigation, the Kwara CP has contacted the Edo State Police Command requesting the release of the suspect to the Kwara State Police Command to answer some questions regarding the discoveries in his office.”
