Abdulrahman Bello, the suspected murderer of Hafsoh Lawal along with his accomplices on Wednesday appeared in court in continuation of the murder case charge against them.
In the video evidence shown in the court, Abdulrahman Bello, confessed that he killed Hafsoh Lawal because he needed human’s hands for money rituals .
He confirmed that if he had the connection of how to get such part from anywhere, he wouldn’t have gone to the extent of killing another soul personnally stressing that he carried out the evil act all alone.
The trial continued with the appearance of another witness, Inspector Ayodele Azeez attached to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Kwara State Police Command.
He said that “on 14th February 2025, a case of murder and rape was transfered from C Division Oja-Oba to State CID. The 1st defendant of Olunlade was found with the following exihibits; one axe, cutlass, table , charms, right and left hands of the victim, consultation book, techno phone, iPhone, iPhone SR, paint rubber, container with blood, slippers and after the case has been accepted at the state CID, it was later reffered to anti-homicide and anti-robbery sections.
“The case was assigned to some team of Police officers led by ASP Dada Segun who directed me to obtain statement from the suspect and I took him to a conducive environment in a room. I asked him which language he prefer to speak and he settled from English Language and I asked him some other important questions that did he have any relative around the police command or any lawyer to witness how his statement will be recorded.”
The police personel added that, “He said No! I asked him if he need the service of any lawyer so that I can assist him to get one. He agreed that I should get him a lawyer but that he doesn’t have any money to pay for the legal service. I told him not to worry about the money.
“I eventually got him a lawyer and the lawyer agreed on how his statement will be recorded. After this, I brought out my statement sheet already cuationed. After writing his statement under caution, he signed it and after recording everything in his own hand writing in the presence of his lawyer, Barr. A.O. Ahmed.
“I told him to cross check again incase there was any ommission or need for addition to the earlier wrtitten Statement and he confirmed the there was no problem and he finally signed the statement.
“After checking the statement, my team leader ASP Dada Segun requested that the lawyer should also endorse the statement which he also did while I also signed my column too as an IPO. ASP Dada Segun also requested me to also do video recording of how the suspect signed his statement.
“I also used my Android Phone to do recording and I transfered it to my laptop and later to s Compact Disk with Certificate of compliance.”
Speaking further, Insp. Azeez said: “On 16th February 2025, team led by ASP Dada Segun left the office and went to the scene of the crime at Olunlade and a pair of ear ring belonging to Hafsoh Yetunde Lawal was found therein.”
He however confirmed all the exihibits tendered before the court as items recovered from Abdulrahman Bello’s house.
Barr. Agbede who held brief for Chukwudi Maduka, counsel to the 1st defendant objected to the admisibility of the Compact Disk by the court stressing that the suspect was coersed before making his statement while counsels to other defendant raised no objection.
Justice Hannah Olushola Ajayi however admitted the Compact Disk tendered by the witness as an exihibit and ordered that the compact Disk be played in the court room.
The witness further added that, “when the investigation started, Abdulrahman’s call log revealed that the remaining defendants were on his regular call list before the day and the very day he perpetrated the evil act.
“All of them were tracked and arrested. When we took them before Abdulrahman Bello, it was discovered that they know each other, and the 2nd defendant happens to be the teacher of Abdulrahman, the 3rd defendant his also a student of the 2nd defendant while the 3rd and 5th defendant are the closest friends of the 1st defendant.
“We carried search on their houses but nothing was recovered and we returned them back to the station.
As at the time for filing this report the court went for recess at exactly 11:32am.
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