Anthony Iwuoma
Residents of Okaka area of Yenogoa, Bayelsa State capital, were horrified when an alleged Yahoo Boy, strangled his lover to death and buried her remains inside his room.
The suspect, known as Joseph Fekala, is a native of Ikibiri Community, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Although the deceased, 26-year-old, Kate Ogwoh, had been missing for days, the discovery was made in the morning of Friday, July 29, 2022.
However, 27-year-old Joseph had denied knowledge of her whereabouts.
Kate’s family had confronted him for a showdown on Friday morning and insisted he produced the lady, dead or alive.
Joseph caved in under pressure and confessed to killing her and interred her remains in a shallow grave dug inside his bedroom.
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Angry residents, including Kate’s murder, pounced on the suspect and pummeled him before handing him over to police operatives from Ekeki Police station.
The Bayelsa State Police Command’s report disclosed that Joseph, after killing his for yet-to-be ascertained reasons allegedly buried her remains in a shallow grave in his bedroom.However, Joseph’s neighbours insisted that judging by the setting, the suspect had intended to use the his late lover for money rituals, which is popularly known as “Yahoo Plus
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Asinim Butswat, in a statement announced the arrest of the suspect, following a tip-off by.
The statement read “Joseph Fekala, 27 years of Ikibiri Community, but residing at Okaka, strangled one Kate Ogwoh, f, 26 years to death on 28th July 2022. He buried the deceased in a shallow grave in his bedroom.
“The suspect was arrested following a tip-off by neighbours on 29 July 2022, at about 0800 hours. He is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department. The investigation is ongoing.”
This is not the first incident of a man killing his lover for money rituals.
Sometime ago, the Edo State Police Command disclosed that it was on the manhunt for a man, who allegedly killed his 29-year-old girlfriend in Iguadolo community for suspected money ritual.
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In a statement, the state police spokesman, Kontongs Bello, identified the suspect as Osas and the victim as Elohor Oniorosa.
According to him, Elohor’s father, Williams, lodged a complaint at the Ogida Divisional Police Headquarters that his daughter has been murdered.
Williams had reported that his daughter’s boyfriend, Osas, had called her, saying he was sick whereupon his daughter left for his house. According to him, they resided in the same community with the suspect.
When his daughter did not return by evening time, the man called her phone but it was switched off. He, therefore, decided to go to the boyfriend’s house where he met the landlord and informed him why he was there, who directed him to Osas’ apartment.
When they both forced the door open, they saw the body of Elohor lying in the pool of her blood.
“Following the report, police operatives were immediately mobilised to the scene, where they met the young woman lying in the pool of her blood, and a cutlass with blood stain close to her,” the police spokesman said.
“On close observation, there was a deep machete cut on her neck, a photograph was taken, and the corpse has been moved to Central Hospital Mortuary, Benin City for preservation.”
Also, in June 2021, a suspected ritualist, Kabiru Oyeduntan, 39, disclosed how he assisted his friend, identified as Akin (alias o’clumsy) to butcher his girlfriend.
According to him, the girl had left her Ibadan residence to visit the evil boyfriend in Apomu, Isokan Local Government Area of Osun State.
The suspect was paraded along with the mutilated body at the Osun State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo, where he confessed to committing the act, saying he had been promised to give him some parts of the lady’s body for monry ritual, which he rejected
He also said that his now runaway friend had confided in him that he wanted to use the girl’s head and heart for money ritual.
Similarly, in April 2022 A 28-year-old man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku, was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing his 24-year-old girlfriend, Precious Okeke, and sleeping with her corpse for six days for money ritual purposes.