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Detectives at the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, made a startling discovery in a home in Ikorodu, when they found a coffin, human parts, guns and explosives.
Detectives at the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, made a startling discovery in a home in Ikorodu, when they found a coffin, human parts, guns and explosives.
The house, which belongs to a suspect, Olayiwola Jimoh Nosiru, at Igbokuta, Ikorodu, was searched by detectives from Zone 2 following a tip-off.
It was alleged that Nosiru had earlier led some suspected thugs, armed with guns, machetes and knives, to attack the families of Shonaya, Akinrele and Ajala of Igbokuta Ikorodu, over land matters.
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During the attack, a resident, Azeez Shonaya, was allegedly killed and others wounded, while several houses were torched at Imota and Igbokuta, Ikorodu.
Acting on a petition written by a lawyer, Mr. A.G. Giwa-Amu, counsel to the family of the deceased, detectives at the Zone 2 Police Command arrested seven persons in connection with the murder.
Those arrested include Nosiru Tajudeen, Nosiru Jimoh Olayiwola, Morili Akinyemi, Selimotu Dauda, Basirat Ogunbowale, Sidikatu Ojikutu and Jelili Fagade.
When the home of Nosiru Jimoh Olayiwola was searched, according to police sources, human parts, blood, explosives, a coffin and guns were recovered from a shrine located in the house.
Detectives confirmed that the suspects are currently being interrogated at the Zone 2 Police Command, and that they would be charged to court for murder as soon as investigation is completed.