Some hoodlums suspected to have been involved in the rape, murder of a postgraduate student of the University of Ibadan, Shomuyiwa Azeezat, have been arrested.
WuzupNigeria further gathered that suspected killers of one Barakat Bello were also arrested.
Recall that Bello, 18, and 29-year-old Shomuyiwa were reportedly raped and killed in separate incidents in different parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, last week.
The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, on Tuesday, said the police personnel at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, had stepped up its game on the incidents.
Enwonwu, however, did not disclose the actual number of the arrested suspects.
According to him, it would be too hasty to conclude that the killings of the ladies were ritualistic.
He stressed that the outcome of police investigation would reveal the motive behind the hoodlum’s action.
He said,
“In view of the rate and pattern of crime in the state, the security apparatuses have been restructured and more officers and men have been deployed to remote parts of the state.”
The CP used the opportunity to appeal to parents to ensure proper custody of their children and wards, with special reference to the female children in the light of the recent development.
Meanwhile, the news went viral on Tuesday evening that Shomuyiwa’s remains had been buried according to Islamic rite at Akinyele area of Ibadan on Tuesday barring police investigation.
However, the Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, has denied the knowledge of the burial saying that police investigation had been stepped up to unravel the facts behind the crime.
