Police Uncover Body of Lady Buried Inside Medical Doctor’s Office

Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command, have arrested a medical doctor, Adio Adeyemi, of Kaiama General Hospital, over alleged kidnap and murder of two ladies.

Adeyemi, allegedly committed the crime after he was said to have kidnapped one of the ladies, identified as Ifeoluwa, and another housewife, Nofisat Halidu, in 2021, both of whom he killed.

Confirming how the incident took place, Ajayi Okasanmi, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said in a statement on Sunday that while the said Ifeoluwa, was declared missing in the Tanke area, Nofisat, a housewife in Kaiama, was also reported missing by her husband, one Mr Halidu.

He said: “On assumption of office as Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, while going through some petitions written by some citizens, a particular case struck the CP, Paul Odama, regarding a reported case of one missing lady, Nofisat Halidu, in Kaiama, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, on November 21, 2021.

“Based on the CP’s order, investigation into the case began on September 30, 2022. Working on a lead provided by the arrest and confession of one Dr Adio Adeyemi Adebowale in Edo State, who confirmed he killed one Ifeoluwa, his girlfriend, who was declared missing in the Tanke area of Ilorin sometime in 2021 and her dead body later discovered in a bush in Alapa area of Ilorin where he dumped it.

“Incidentally, the said doctor was the Chief Medical Director of Kaiama General Hospital. Investigation led the team to Kaiama General Hospital, where the suspect’s office was forced opened. A cursory look at the office presented a suspicious sight of freshly cemented floor tiles; curiously, the tiles were broken and a gory sight welcomed the detectives.

Behold, lying inside the shallow grave was the decomposing corpse of an unidentified female. Further search of the office led to the opening of a trash can, where another body of a lady later identified as the earlier reported missing Nofisat Halidu identified by the husband, one Mr Halidu, and other members of the community, who were present at the scene as of the time of the search.

“Other items recovered in the detained doctor’s office include two telephone handsets found in the handbag of one of the ladies found in the doctor’s drawer. Two female handbags, a female wig, a veil and female pants. In furtherance of the investigation, the Kwara CP has contacted the Edo State Police Command requesting the release of the suspect to the Kwara State Police Command to answer some questions regarding the discoveries in his office.”

The police also said that it rescued the wife of a monarch, Owa Onire, in Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State, who was reportedly abducted alongside the monarch on Saturday by gunmen, adding that two persons, Bello Abubakar and Bawa Seketi, were arrested in connection with the crime.