A
middle-aged man, Joseph Akindele, who allegedly killed his friend Mufutau, said
he committed the crime to save his friend from persistent pain and agony.
The suspect, who was arrested with the
skull and other remains of the deceased by a team of patrol officers in the
Badagry area in Lagos State, said that the deceased is "now happy in
death."
In his statement to the police,
Akindele said: "I am a tout. I live under the Gbaji/Iyafin bridge at
Badagry with Muftau. I don't have a means of livelihood and that's why I
live under the bridge. I work as agbero (tout) at motor parks; there, I get
money to feed. Muftau has been living under the bridge but he was aways
sick and there was no money for treatment and to go to hospital."
According to the suspect, Muftau's
ailment was a great burden to him so he decided to kill him.
"He was suffering too much because
his sickness will not go. We don't have money for treatment so after watching
him suffering because of his sickness, I decided to put a stop to it by killing
him with a sharp cutlass, so he can rest from the pains he was suffering,"
he said.
The Police allegedly discovered
Muftau's decomposed skull and bones in a bag the suspect was carrying. The
suspect has since been transferred to the Homicide department at Panti Yaba for
further investigation.
According to a police source, the
investigation will reveal if Akindele is insane, a ritualist or/and a
cold-blooded murderer.
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