Taiwo Popoola
Police in Kwara State have arrested a 29-year-old Islamic teacher and cleric over the alleged murder of a final-year female student of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin.
The victim Yetunde Lawal reportedly met the cleric (name withheld) on Facebook.
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The Islamic cleric invited Ms. Lawal through a phone call on Monday and killed and dismembered her the following day in a location in Ganmo on the outskirts of Ilorin, the state capital.
In a statement on Saturday, Kwara police spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi SP, said the Command had commenced an investigation into the incident.
The PPRO said, “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, Mr Ibrahim A Lawal.
“Immediately, the police detectives swung into action, tracked her number and arrested a suspect, exhibits recovered. The case was transferred yesterday to the SCID for discreet investigations.
“The suspect had been arrested through the deceased’s tracked phone number to the suspect’s house in the Offa Garaji area, Ilorin, but initially denied knowing her whereabouts.
“However, during a search of his house by the police, he confessed that she had visited him and allegedly died of an asthma attack.
“Upon further investigation, police discovered Yetunde’s dismembered body, hidden in a bowl, along with equipment used for the act.”
