The Kwara State Police Command has arrested Pastor Adebayo Adeniyi also known as Prophet Ogunse; his wife, Bukola Adeniyi; son, Adebayo Joshua Happiness and three others over alleged murder of Awesu Mojisola.
Also arrested were Adeoye Adeola (male), Lawal Aminat (female) and Bulus Peter (male), while one iPhone 11 Pro was recovered during the arrest.
The couple was apprehended after attempting to tamper with evidence by retrieving their son’s belongings from his school.
Recall that the prime suspect, Adebayo Joshua Happiness had invited Mojisola, who recently graduated from the College of Health and Technology in Offa, to attend a purported sign-out party at Whitefield Hotel, Ilorin, Kwara State, with a promise of collecting N15, 000.
Parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters in Ilorin on Friday, Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya disclosed that on August 13, 2024, at about 1500 hours, the Offa Police Station received a report from Ogungbenro Blessing, a female resident of the Gbomi Area in Offa, Kwara State.
He said that Blessing reported that her roommate, Mojisola, a 21-year-old graduating female student of the College had gone missing under suspicious circumstances.
"The incident occurred on August 9, 2024, at about 1500 hours when Awesu Mojisola received a phone call from Kolawola Timileyin, a female student from the same institution," he added.
The CP pointed out that Timileyin relayed a message from Adebayo Joshua Happiness, an expelled final-year student of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State.
He said: "Adebayo Joshua Happiness invited Awesu Mojisola to the sign-out party, with the promise of Fifteen Thousand Naira (N15,000). Mojisola accepted the invitation and left Offa for Ilorin later that day.
"However, upon arrival in Ilorin, Mojisola contacted her friends, expressing discomfort and concern as there appeared to be no sign-out party.
"Instead, she reported being alone in a hotel room with Adebayo Joshua Happiness, who was reportedly smoking cannabis. Subsequently, her phone became unreachable, and her whereabouts were unknown."
Olaiya noted that upon hearing the report, officers of the command commenced an investigation, which led to the arrest of Adebayo Joshua Happiness.
The CP informed that preliminary findings revealed that Adebayo Joshua Happiness deliberately lured Awesu Mojisola to Ilorin under false pretense by booking a hotel room around 1800 hours with no intention of hosting a party.
"Further investigation uncovered that at about 2345 hours on the same day, Adebayo Joshua Happiness booked an additional room at the same hotel for another female, possibly as a cover-up for his premeditated actions.
"In the early hours of August 10, 2024, Adebayo Joshua Happiness brutally murdered Awesu Mojisola.
"He abandoned her lifeless body in the hotel room, secured the room, and fled with Mojisola's iPhone and a sum of Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Naira (N15,600) stolen from the deceased.
"He then returned to Offa and concealed the stolen phone in his hostel wardrobe.
"Through careful and discreet investigation, Mr. and Mrs. Adebayo Adeniyi, the suspect's parents, were apprehended.
"Following their son's arrest, they attempted to tamper with evidence by retrieving Adebayo Joshua Happiness's belongings from his school," he said.
Olaiya stated that Mrs. Adeniyi Bukola removed the SIM card from the deceased's iPhone and concealed it within a wall some distance from their residence.
Contrary to Adebayo Joshua Happiness's initial claim that he discarded the phone in the Afelele River, Offa, both the iPhone and SIM card were recovered from his parents' possession.
He noted that further investigation indicated that the hotel staff on duty found the deceased's body in the room and unlawfully disposed of her body at a refuse dump.
While the suspects involved in the heinous act have been apprehended and charged with criminal conspiracy and causing the disappearance of evidence, the CP informed that investigation remains ongoing and that all suspects are in custody.
"Upon completion of the investigation, the suspects will be duly charged to court to face the full extent of the law.
"We assure the public that the Kwara State Police Command remains committed to ensuring justice and maintaining peace and security within the community.
"Further updates will be provided as the investigation progresses," Olaiya said.
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