A Ghanaian man and his
daughter have been killed his security guards identified as Ayuba Idris and
Taisu Abubakar over unpaid salary in Ondo State.
The victim Kwakye Kwaku
Richard, aged 71 years and his daughter Kwakye Tope aged 27 were reportedly
murdered in cold blood and buried in a shallow grave in the bush.
The state Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Undie Adie who confirmed the incident, however disclosed that the two
suspects had been arrested by his men, Sun News reports.
He said one Mr. Ojo
Adegbusuyi reported the incident to the state police command, after which his
men swung into action and eventually arrested the suspected killers.
He said the suspected killers
were employed as guards by the deceased at his residence located at Olu Foam
area along Ilesha-Owo expressway in Akure.
He noted that one Ayuba
Idris aged 20 years who was one of the security guards was arrested in Kano
State on May 16, 2019.
He disclosed further that
the handset of the deceased person and his suits were recovered from him, and
upon interrogation, he confessed that he and his partner named Taisu Abubakar
killed their principal.
According to the police
boss, the suspect thereafter led detectives to a building at Ojomo Akintan
Estate, Olu Foam area along Ilesha-Owo expressway, Akure, where the decomposed
bodies of Kwakye Kwaku Richard and Kwakye Tope earlier declared missing were
found.
The CP said, his men later
evacuated the decomposed bodies and deposited them at the State Hospital
Mortuary, Akure for autopsy.
On May 28, 2019, he said,
detectives also tracked down the other suspect, Taisu Abubakar in Sokoto State
and one of the deceased’s laptop computers and some clothes were recovered from
him.
He said, upon
interrogation, they confessed to the murder of the victims because he refused
to pay their three months’ salary arrears.
They said that they also
decided to kill the daughter on the same day because she saw them the day they
killed her father.
Mr. Adie, however, assured
that the suspects would be charged to court on completion of their
investigation.
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