Man Kills Best Friend, Dumps Corpse In Forest

Detectives attached to the Homicide Section,
Ogun State Police Command, are hunting
for a man who lured his best friend into a
forest, killed and abandoned his corpse
there.
The fleeing suspect, John, was said to have
invited his friend, Idris Alaba to a party, but
later tricked into him a forest, where he
used a plank to smash his head. The man
died instantly.
The murder of Alaba was later discovered
after police arrested the two children of
John, just as they had packed their
belongings and were about to run away
from the community.
According to residents at Ibafo, Obafemi
Owode Local Government, Ogun State,
where the incident happened, the deceased
was the head of the vigilante group in the
area.
The suspect’s children said they overheard
their dad, telling somebody that Alaba was
disturbing their business in the community.
Alaba’s journey to the grave started on May
3, 2015 after John invited him to a party in
Shagamu.
The two men left the resident of Alaba at
Ajemobi Street, and rode on a motorbike to
the supposed function.
The family of the deceased however
became worried when the night was far
gone and their father did not come home.
Anxious they called his line, but it was
switched off, they now called the phone of
his friend. John told them that he left Alaba
at the party.
A family friend said: “The kids of Alaba said
they were worried after speaking with John.
He was the one that took their father to the
party. They were also worried about the
brusque way John spoke to them.”
A member of Alaba’s community said:
“Immediately we rushed to John’s home,
along Ebute Ojora Road. We were shocked
to find John’s two kids armed with their
luggage. It was clear they were running
away. We apprehended and handed them
over to the policemen at Ibafo Police
Station.”
One of John’s kids, simply identified as
David pleaded for mercy from the angry
residents. “The kids said they overheard
their father saying the late vigilante man
was disturbing them from carrying out
their business in the community. He said
they would deal with him.”
One of the members of the vigilante group
in the community, Mr. Amos Omoedo,
said: “The children of the deceased called
me and some other members of the group
on Monday morning that they had been
searching for their father since Sunday. It
when we got to Ibafo Police Station with
family members of our boss, that the
children of the suspect told the Divisional
Police Officer (DPO) that their father took the
victim to Makun Forest in Sagamu.”
Local vigilante members from Ibafo,
Abeokuta and Sagamu, moblised and went
straight to the forest.
Omoedo recounted: “When we got to the
forest, it took us hours before we could
enter the forest. The first thing we noticed in
the forest was the foot path they took. We
saw the motorbike tracks. We followed the
tracks and traced the victim. We found him
dead. The plank used in smashing his head
was beside him.”