•••DOCTOR BURIES CORPSES IN OFFICE
By Kamsi Anayo
The Kwara State Police Command on Sunday, arrested a medical doctor, Adio Adeyemi, of Kaiama General Hospital, over alleged kidnap and murder of two ladies.
Incidentally, Adeyemi is the Chief Medical Director of Kaiama General Hospital.
Adeyemi who is said to be the Chief Medical Director allegedly kidnapped and killed his girlfriend, identified simply, as Ifeoluwa, and another housewife, one Nofisat Halidu, in 2021.
According to the police, Ifeoluwa was declared missing in the Tanke area, while Nofisat, a housewife in Kaiama, was reported missing by her husband, one Mr Halidu.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, who confirmed the crime in statement on Sunday said the police worked on several petitions by some well-meaning indigenes of the town to get to the suspect.
The police said it arrested also arrested two suspects, Bello Abubakar and Bawa Seketi, in connection with the kidnapping
The statement reads 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.
“Based on the CP’s order, investigation into the case began on September 30, 2022. And while working on a lead provided by the arrest and confession of one Dr Adio Adeyemi Adebowale in Edo State, who confirmed he killed one Ifeoluwa, his girlfriend, who was declared missing in the Tanke area of Ilorin sometime in 2021.
The body of the lady was later discovered in a bush in Alapa area of Ilorin where he dumped it.
“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 open.
“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.”
According to the police, the operatives also rescued the wife of a monarch, Owa Onire, in Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State, who was reportedly abducted alongside the monarch on Saturday by gunmen.
Recently the hospital has been in the news for the wrong reason .
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command arrested a medical doctor, Abbas Adeyemi Adebowale, for killing a cab driver, Emmanuel Agbovinuere,39, and stealing his car.
The Edo State Police Command which paraded the 36 year old Kwara State based Medical Doctor from Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State on September 8, said the doctor administered sniper on the cab driver to kill him.
The police said after killing the cab man, Dr Adebowale took his car, a Toyota Voltron to Oshogbo, Osun State where policemen arrested him.
