LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A self-acclaimed coach, Bankole Oginni, has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly killing his former lover after inviting her to his home.
The suspect, popularly known as Honourable Kole, was said to have invited the woman to his Danjuma residence in Akure, in Akure South Local Government Area of the state.
Oginni was alleged to have poured hot water on the body of the woman before killing her in his living room while the intestines of the deceased had been removed.
The deceased hands and legs were tied together with rope with burns all over her body, indicating that she may have been killed with hot water before her intestines were removed.
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It was gathered that the daughter of the deceased, who waited for her motherās return from her former lover, had traced her mother to the house, only to meet her remains on the floor of the suspect’s living room.
She immediately reported the case to the Police, who visited the scene of the incident and found the womanās hands and legs tied with her intestines missing.
Materials like a sharp knife and sack were said to have been found beside the deceased, which indicated that the suspect planned to dismember her body and pack it in the sack.
The security operatives who visited the residence of the football coach arrested him and have since been interrogating him.
State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Funmi Odunlami, who confirmed the incident, said the Police arrested the man after the daughter of the deceased reported the incident at the Police station.
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Odunlami said the deceased and the suspect were ex-lovers who stayed in different locations before the deceased was invited by the suspect and killed.
āA lady reported at the station that her motherās ex-lover Bankole Oginni called and invited her (deceased) over to his place in the Oke Aro area of Akure, and after she left for his house, she did not return, and her phone was switched off.
āShe traced her mother to the house, only to find her lifeless body in the room of the ex-lover, her legs and hands tied and her body opened with intestines removed.
āAlso, there were patches on her (the deceased) body that shows signs of hot water burns.
āSuspect who claimed to be a footballer is already in our custody while the body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue,ā she disclosed.