BREAKING: I killed Hafsoh because I needed human hands for money rituals — Kwara Cleric

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Hafsoh Lawal’s accused killer, Abdulrahman Bello, and his co-conspirators made an appearance in court on Wednesday to continue the murder case against them.

Abdulrahman Bello admitted in the video evidence presented in court that he killed Hafsoh Lawal because he required human hands for money rituals.

He emphasized that he committed the heinous crime by himself and acknowledged that he wouldn’t have gone to the length of personally killing another person if he had known how to obtain such a component from anyone.

Inspector Ayodele Azeez of the Kwara State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) appeared as a second witness as the trial proceeded.

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.”

Insp. Azeez went further to say: “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.”

Nonetheless, he attested that every exhibit submitted to the court was a genuine item that was taken from Abdulrahman Bello’s residence.

While the attorneys for the other defendants did not protest, Barr. Agbede, who represented Chukwudi Maduka, the first defendant’s attorney, objected to the admissibility of the Compact Disk, highlighting that the suspect was coerced before making his statement.

Nonetheless, the witness’s compact disk was admitted as an exhibit by Justice Hannah Olushola Ajayi, who also mandated that it be played in the courtroom.

The witness went on to say 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.

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