The Osun State Police Command has apprehended one Abbas Audio for murder and armed robbery.
According to the Command spokesperson- Yemisi OPALOLA, while interacting with journalists in Osogbo on Tuesday, the 36-year-old suspect, Adio, who claimed to be a physician in one of the Kwara State Government-owned hospitals, allegedly murdered the taxi driver he hired during a trip to Benin City, Edo State in July.
Opalola had earlier stated that the suspect, who travelled from Kwara State to Benin in Edo State sometime in July, met one Emmanuel Oyiobo, a taxi driver whom he contracted to drive him for the number of days he spent in Benin City.
The Command spokesperson revealed that the suspect and the deceased became friends and exchanged phone numbers and has been communicating ever since.
The suspect communicated to his friend (victim) in Benin that he wanted to sell his car and they agreed that the suspect should bring the car to Benin where it was sold for one million, four hundred thousand naira only (N1.4 m).
He added that the suspect in the course of his stay in Benin after selling his car allegedly injected his friend (deceased) with a substance suspected to have killed him on the 3rd of September 2022.
Opalola noted that Adio will be charged to court as soon as investigation into the case is concluded.
UPLOADED BY- FELIX ALAM
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