The Police in Ondo State has revealed that the 43-year old popular Akure socialite Sunday Bayo also known as ‘Saybayo’, whose remains was discovered last year within a residential estate, died in a brothel.
Bayo died a few weeks before Christmas in December 2024, after he was reportedly murdered by unidentified persons
He had earlier been declared missing by his families and friends.
The late socialite corpse was found inside his vehicle in the Ijapo Estate, a popular private residential area in Akure, with video footage showing his remains in a pool of blood.
The Ondo police spokesperson, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, in a statement on Friday said the popular socialiate died after a sex romp with his mistress at a brothel in Ijapo Estate.
She revealed that the detectives from the Special Weapons and Tactics Team had nabbed his mistress, identified as Atinuke Adeniyi, who had affairs with the deceased before he died.
“The SWAT team, through intelligence-led policing, apprehended one Atinuke Adeniyi ‘f’ aged 29years who claimed she and the deceased were involved in a romantic affair and that on the 9th, a day before the corpse was dumped, she and the deceased made out at a brothel in Ijapo, after which the deceased started convulsing and out of fear she abandoned him and quietly left the room,” she explained.
She further noted that Adeniyi, led the team to the brothel where one Adeojo Ilesanmi, 50, the owner of the building, was arrested and confessed.
“He (Ilesanmi) confessed to having driven the corpse to the scene where it was found from his brothel with claims that he was afraid when he realized the deceased died in his brothel.”
Odunlami-Omisanya said investigation was still in progress over the murder case, stressing that the suspects would be charged to court after police findings.
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