Muhammadu Bello, a 25-year-old herder, was detained by the Oyo State Police Command for reportedly killing his employer, Yay Mohammed, a cattle dealer in Soku Village, near Iseyin Town.
On Friday, September 22, 2023, Bello was paraded before the state Police Command Headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, alongside 32 other detainees detained for alleged involvement in different offences ranging from cultism to armed robbery and impersonation, among others.
The guy hacked his boss to death with a club inside Soku forest in the state’s Iseyin Local Government Area before fleeing with the deceased’s 20 cows and 14 sheep.
In a press conference, the command’s spokesperson, SP. Adewale Osifeso confirmed that on September 17th, 2023 at around 0630hrs, actionable information was received at the Command Monitoring Unit from a credible source in Iseyin town that a nomadic cattle herder was sighted at Kara Market, Iseyin looking for a cattle dealer who would buy a large herd of cattle.
“Sequel to this credible information, a team of operatives attached to the unit to Iseyin town were deployed for swift intervention and in the process, the suspect who later identified himself as Mohammed Bello, was arrested and upon interrogation, he confessed that he was a cattle rustler and subsequently led the operatives to a thick forest where he concealed twenty (20) live cows and fourteen sheep that he rustled from his employer,” the PPRO stated.
“However, upon further investigation of SOKU Forest where he claimed to have carried out the dastardly activity, it was discovered that the suspect had killed the owner of the cows and sheep who was identified by him as YAU MOHAMMED (his employer) and buried him in a shallow grave. The Club which he confessed to having used to attack and kill his employer was equally recovered from the scene of a crime.
“Investigation is in progress with assurances of communicating further developments,” Osifeso added.
20 live cows, 14 live sheep, and a club were among the exhibits retrieved from the suspect.