A prosecutor of the Kwara State Police Command, Mr. Matthew Ologbon, has informed an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, presided over by Mr. K.A.Yahyah, that a female National Youth Service Corps member, Miss Yetunde Idowu was raped to death by a 51-year-old man, Abdullahi Tanko, and his gang members.
It was gathered that the late youth corps member, Idowu Yetunde Shukurat was a member of the 2014 batch B set in the state who was serving with the state broadcasting corporation (Radio Kwara) Ilorin, before her demise.
Late Yetunde’s corpse was reportedly found about a.....
month ago around Government Residential Area (GRA) Ilorin.
The suspected killer of the youth corps member, Abdullahi Tanko and his accomplices now on the run lured the lady from her residence in Saw-Mill area to a shopping mall where she was raped to death.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Matthew Ologbon told the court that police received a distress call that day to go to Simeon Okedi street in GRA in the metropolis.
Ologbon said that when police got to the place they found the late corps member on the ground in a pool of her blood.
The Prosecutor told the court that the suspected killer and his gang had raped the deceased inside their car, which caused her untimely death.
He added that after they had raped the late corps member at Tanko’s residence at Plot 6, Simion Okedi Upabiasika junction GRA, they dropped her dead body to nearby junction leaving her in a pool of blood.
The Police prosecutor added that the police located Tanko’s house through the blood stains of the deceased and the suspected killer was arrested.
The prosecutor added that the mobile phone of the deceased was found with Tanko at the time of his arrest.
He added that efforts were still going on to arrest Tanko’s fleeing gangs by the police.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand the suspected killer in prison custody until other suspects were arrested and completion of police investigations.
Presiding Magistrate, K.A Yahaya therefore ordered that the accused be remanded in Mandala Minimum prison, Ilorin outskirts.
He adjourned the case till August 10, 2015 for further hearing.
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