Three persons have been arrested in connection with the
murder of a 64-year‑old retired female Customs officer
and her 10-year‑old daughter in Lagos. The victims
were last seen on May 10, 2014.
Surprisingly, the mastermind of the murder was discovered to
be an agent, who reportedly told policemen that he killed both mother and child
in order to cart away the deceased’s N375 million realised from the sale of her
property.
Vanguard was informed that an alarm was raised over the
sudden disappearance of the retired Customs officer identified as Angela Uzo
Kerry and her daughter, Obiajurum, last month.
Angela was said to have told one of her relatives that she
was going for a prayer session at Sango Ota, Ogun State on May 10.
But apprehension reportedly set in after the relative visited
Angela 10 days later, only to discover that her door was locked with her
whereabouts unknown. Tension heightened after efforts to reach her through
phone calls proved abortive.
Consequently, policemen at Oko‑Oba were
contacted, following which investigation commenced. The policemen were said to
have traced Angela’s Toyota car with number plate LND 554 AZ, which she drove
that fateful day, to an uncompleted building around Alakuko area of Lagos, via
its tracking device.
Police sources told Vanguard that two persons whose
identities were given simply as Sholotan and Akinniyi were arrested in the
uncompleted building.
Police sources said: “We first arrested Akinniyi who told us
that Sholotan gave him the car to keep until he found a buyer. Thereafter,
Sholotan was arrested and he took us to Sango, where the main suspect, Azeez,
was arrested.
“When we arrested Azzez, we asked him about Angela and her
daughter’s whereabouts. Rather than offering us reasonable answer, he offered
us a N9 million bribe to stop further investigations. But the offer was turned
down.
“When we insisted on knowing where the victims were, he told
us he had killed them. Azzez confessed that he deceived the Customs officer that
he was a spiritualist. He said he told her that members of her family were
planning to kill her and take over her property. In order to avert their
motive, he asked the woman to bring documents of all her property for him to
pray on them.
“But Azeez took the documents and sold three of the property
located at Ajah, Omole and Oko‑Oba for N375 million without the
woman’s knowledge. He said he killed them
during their visit to Sango for the purported spiritual cleansing.”
The suspects, as gathered, have been transferred to the State
Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation. Police sources at
SARS hinted that part of the on‑going investigation will include
locating where the bodies were buried.
Efforts to reach the Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, Ngozi Braide, failed as her phone rang without response.
VANGUARD
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