I killed Hafsoh for money rituals — Rahman

A Kwara State High  Court sitting in Ilorin, was, yesterday, told by the suspected killer of the final year student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Hafsoh Lawal, Bello Abdulrahman, that he killed his facebook lover for money rituals.

At the resumed trial, yesterday, Abdulrahman confessed that he personally carried out the heinous act all alone.

Abdulrahman and his accomplices were also in court in continuation of the murder charge trial.

Cleric Abdulrahman, who said he killed Hafsoh Lawal because he needed human’s hands for money rituals, regretted that if only he had the connection on how else to source for the needed ingredient, he wouldn’t have killed hafsoh.

Meanwhile, another police witness, Inspector Ayodele Azeez attached to Criminal Investigation Department, CID, at the state Police Command, testified.

Azeez narrated: “On February 14, 2025, a case of murder and rape was transfered from C Division Oja-Oba to State CID. 

“The 1st defendant, Abdulrahman was found with the following exihibits; one axe, cutlass, table, charms, right and left hands of the victim, consultation book, Tecno phone, iPhone, iPhone SR, paint rubber, container with blood, slippers and after the case has been accepted at the state CID, it was later reffered to anti-homicide and anti-robbery sections.

“The case was assigned to some team of Police officers led by ASP Dada Segun, who directed me to obtain statement from the suspect and I took him to a conducive environment in a room.

“I asked him which language he preferred to speak and he settled for English and I asked if he had any relative around the police command or any lawyer to witness how his statement will be recorded.

“He said no. I asked if he needed the service of a lawyer and he agreed that I should get him one but he added that he didn’t have money to pay for legal service. I told him not to worry about the money.

“I eventually got him lawyer, A. Ahmed, in whose presence he wrote his statement. After writing his statement under caution, he signed it after recording everything in his hand writing.

“I told him to cross check again incase there was any ommission or need for addition, he confirmed the there was no problem and he signed the statement.

“After checking the statement, my team leader, ASP Dada Segun requested that the lawyer endorse the statement, which he also did while I also signed my column too as an IPO. ASP Segun also requested that I also do video recording of how the suspect signed his statement.

“I also used my Android phone to do recording and I transfered it to my laptop and later to a Compact Disk with Certificate of compliance.”

He added that on February 16, 2025,  his team led by ASP Segun went to the scene of the crime at Olunlade and found a pair of ear ring belonging to Hafsoh Lawal.

He confirmed all the exihibits tendered before the court as items recovered from Abdulrahman’s house.

Counsel to the 1st defendant objected to the admission of the compact disk, stressing that the suspect was coersed into making his statement while counsel to other defendant raised no objection.

Justice Hannah Ajayi, however, admitted the compact disk in exihibit and ordered that it be played in the court room.

The police witness added: “When the investigation started, Abdulrahman’s call log revealed that the remaining defendants were on his regular call list before the day and the very day he perpetrated the evil act.

“All of them were tracked and arrested. When we took them before Abdulrahman, it was discovered that they knew each other, and the 2nd defendant happens to be the teacher of Abdulrahman, the 3rd defendant is also a student of the 2nd defendant while the 3rd and 5th defendant are his closest friends.

“We carried search on their houses, but nothing was recovered, and we returned them to the station.”