A 25-year-old cattle rustler, Muhammadu Bello, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police for allegedly killing his employer, Yay Mohammed, a cattle dealer at Soku Village, near Iseyin Town.
The suspect was paraded at the state Police Command Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Friday, September 22, 2023, together with 32 other suspects arrested for alleged involvement in various crimes ranging from cultism, to armed robbery, impersonating among others.
The police said Bello hacked his employer to death with a club inside Soku forest in Iseyin Local Government Area of the state, in the process making away with the deceased’s 20 cows and 14 sheep.
The Oyo State Police Command spokesperson, SP. Adewale Osifeso told newsmen that on 17th September, 2023 at about 0630hrs, actionable information was received at the Command Monitoring Unit from a credible source from Iseyin town that a nomadic cattle herder was sighted at Kara Market, Iseyin looking for a cattle dealer who would buy a large herd of cattle.
“Sequel to this credible information, a team of operatives attached to the unit to Iseyin town were deployed for swift intervention and in the process, the suspect who later identified himself as Mohammed Bello, was arrested and upon interrogation, he confessed that he is a cattle rustler and subsequently led the operatives to a thick forest where he concealed twenty (20) live cows and fourteen sheep that he rustled from his employer,” the PPRO stated.
“However, upon further investigation to SOKU Forest where he claimed to have carried out the dastardly activity, it was discovered that the suspect had killed the owner of the cows and sheep who was identified by him as YAU MOHAMMED (his employer) and buried him in a shallow grave. The Club which he confessed to have used to attack and killed his employer was equally recovered from the scene of crime
“Investigation is in progress with assurances of communicating further developments.” Osifeso added. .
20 live cows, 14 live sheep, and a club were recovered from the suspect.
