Ondo: 39-Year-Old Man Kills Childhood Friend, Sells His Motorcycle For N130,000…Blames Devil

A 39-year-old man ,Mr. Babalola Dolapo, who has been arrested for killing his childhood friend, Evangelist Opeyemi Oyelakin,  and selling his motorcycle for  N130,000, has blamed the devil for his action.

 Babalola had killed Opeyemi  and dumped his corpse in a pit on Oke-Igbo Road , Oke-Igbo/Ile-Oluji Local Government , Ondo state.

 He added that the motorcycle he stole from his friend was sold for N130,000 after killing his friend.

Babalola  has named Sikiru Mutiu as his accomplice .

 ‘It is the work of the devil, I can’t explain because this person that we are talking about was my close friend. Truly, his bike is not the first bike I would steal but I have never killed before. Even those that are not related to me, I snatched the bike from them and did not harm them but this one is just a coincidence.

We sold this motorbike for N130,000 and we shared the money equally because we were two in the business. When we wanted to collect the bike from him, he struggled with us and I hit him with stone. I know his mum and younger brother.

I can’t explain why I killed him. I am a trader, I sell oranges but I don’t have a shop. I do go to villages to buy oranges. I am from Oyo state, but resides in Ondo town. I’m yet to marry and this would be the first time I would come to this area. I have been in the business since 2021’ he said.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the state commissioner of police, Abayomi Oladipo, who led detectives and medical personnel to evacuate the decomposing body of the deceased man  from the pit where it was dumped in the bush, condemned farm owners where the corpse was dumped  for failing to alert the police despite the stench in the area for days.

‘Through technical intelligence, the suspect was arrested and upon interrogation, he disclosed how the motorbike rider was engaged from Ondo town to take him and one other to a farm area in Oke-Igbo.

The rider incidentally happened to be his friend and brought him to this area where we are and on getting to this point, they came down under the pretence that they wanted to inspect their farm.

The other suspect, who is now at large, griped the Okada rider by the back while the arrested suspect hit him with stone in the head and used wood to batter his head.

Thereafter, they  took the body to the bush , used leaves to cover him and left him there. After interrogation, the suspect led  cops to this particular location where they kept the body of the deceased man  and that is why we are here to evacuate the corpse and do the necessary procedure so that the family can bury him.

I want to use this opportunity to alert members of the public, especially those who ride Okada, to be careful of the passengers that engage their services to far areas or take them to isolated roads.

Also, I want to say that the residents of this area, especially those who have been farming here since March 15, when this incident happened till date, kept mute which is not supposed to be. So, what we are saying is that if you see something, you must say something.

At the moment, we are still investigating to apprehend all other offenders who are on the run.

Also, we have embarked on enlightenment campaign to sensitize Okada rider to know that it’s dangerous to take passengers to isolated places’ he said--Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you