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By Akeem Atoyebi
A 29-year-old Islamic teacher, Abdulrahman Bello, was on Saturday taken into custody by the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly murdering a final-year student of the Kwara State College of Education, Yetunde Lawal.
Bello allegedly connected with 25-year-old Lawal on Facebook and invited her to his house through a phone call on February 10, 2025.
According to reports, the suspect thereafter killed and dismembered her body at a location in Ganmo, on the outskirts of Ilorin, the state capital.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the incident to journalists on Sunday, stating that an investigation had commenced.
She stated that , “The Kwara Police Command is aware of the gruesome killing of one Miss Yetunde H. Lawal. On 11/02/2025 at about 1800 hours, a case of a missing person was reported at C Division, Oja-Oba, by her father, Ibrahim A. Lawal.
“Immediately, police detectives swung into action, tracked her number, and arrested a suspect. Exhibits were recovered, and the case was transferred yesterday to the SCID for discreet investigations.”
Sources stated that that Lawal was last seen on February 10, 2025, after leaving a naming ceremony, during which she received a phone call, suspected to be from Bello.
The sources noted that Lawal’s caller was tracked and identified as Bello, who lived at Offa Garage, area of Ilorin.
A source said, “The suspect was arrested. He initially denied knowledge of Yetunde’s (Lawal) whereabouts but later confessed after police searched his house. He claimed she was in his house and had died from an asthma attack. However, the police later discovered Yetunde’s dismembered body parts in a bowl.
“They met on Facebook, where the suspect obtained Yetunde’s phone number before inviting her to his house.”
