The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old boy, Gbolahan Ismail for allegedly raping and killing Toyin Olubowale, a 35-year-old woman with a wooden stool in Ibadan.

The State Commissioner of Police, CP. Shina Olukolu, while parading the suspect on Friday at the Command Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan said the suspect forcefully had sex with the victim before killing her.

Olukolu in his statement said “On 29th August, 2019 around 2pm, Ismaila boarded a commercial motorcycle ridden by one Joel Musa to No. 15 road 3 Ogidi Estate Ibadan. He alighted and entered the house of Toyin Olubowale whom he sexually assaulted and subsequently smashed her head with a wooden stool which led to her death before he made away with her A32F itel Android cell phone”.

The CP explained “When the commercial motorcyclist returned him to Oju-Irin, Akobo area of Ibadan, he noticed a wound and blood stains on one of Ismaila’s fingers and he became suspicious due to unusual sound he heard from the house while he was outside”.

“He went back to the house and met people crying over the death of the deceased. He thereafter informed the people that he knew the suspect who killed the deceased and that he brought him to the house earlier in the day. Hence, Joel Musa was promptly arrested and handed over to the police” he said.

 Olukolu noted that the arrest of Joel (the Okada rider) led to the apprehension of the principal suspect, Ismail who carried out the dastardly act.

Meanwhile, the principal suspect, Ismail while speaking with journalists, blamed the incident on the work of the devil. He said he had initially wooed the deceased, but the woman asked him to give her time to think about the love proposal and that he attended the naming ceremony of the woman’s child recently.

“On that day, I went to her house, I had sex with her forcefully, and thereafter, I used a wooden stool to hit her on the head and she died. It was the work of the devil. I had initially gone for her naming ceremony, and I had once wooed her, but she told me she would think of it. I don’t know what prompted me to kill her.”

However, two other suspects, one Oyedeji Blessing, who received the stolen phone and one Oyekola Mumini, a phone repairer, who assisted to wipe off the information on the phone were also arrested.

Also, three suspects were also paraded at the Police command for fraud to include; Tajudeen Akintunde, Omoola Adeyanju and Tunde Ganiyu as exhibits recovered from them includes a cash sum of #28,000-naira, national ID card belonging to Afolabi Stephen Oluwafemi and a Honda Motorcycle with registration number BDJ 521 UF.

“With all sense of responsibility, I want to use this medium to assure the members of the public of our preparedness to protect life and property before, during and after this Yuletide period.  I equally want to sternly warn criminals who feel Oyo State can be a safe haven to have a rethink and relocate out of the State as the long arms of the law will surely catch up with them” he said.

The police boss also called on the people of the state to continue to support the police with credible and timely information while he promised to continue to be on the lookout for the criminally minded individuals in the state and deal with them in accordance with the law as the yuletide season approaches.