An Ilorin man, Abdulrahman Mohad Ballo, has been arrested for allegedly killing a final-year student of Kwara State College of Education, Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde, for ritual purposes.
The suspect reportedly lured Yetunde after connecting with her Facebook and obtaining her phone number.
The incident occurred on Monday, February 10, 2025.
It was gathered that Yetunde was attending a naming ceremony when she received a phone call from a friend.
However, she left her food to answer the call and then disappeared. Family members and friends searched for her, but all in vain before reporting the incident to the Police at Oja Oba Station in Ilorin.
Meanwhile, Police investigators used her phone records to trace her last call, leading them to Ballo, who resides in the Offa Garage area of Ilorin, Kwara State, though his family house is in Osalekoto.
It was learnt that during the initial Police interrogation, the suspect denied any involvement in the disappearance of Yetunde.
However, a search of his residence uncovered the gruesome truth – Yetunde’s dismembered body was found hidden in a bowl, along with tools used to mutilate her remains.
Further evidence revealed that this was not Ballo’s first ritual killings, as Investigators found a table equipped with body dismemberment tools in his room.
Ballo’s reportedly the son of a prominent personality in Isalekoto, Ilorin, now deceased is in Police custody at the Kwara State Police Headquarters as Investigation continue to unravel the circumstances that led to the gruesome murder.
-9News Nigeria
