Police in Osun state have nabbed one Abbas Audio for murder and armed robbery.
This was made known on Tuesday by Yemisi Opalola, the police spokesperson while addressing journalists in Osogbo.
According to the PPRO, the 36-year-old suspect, Adio, who claimed to be a physician in one of the Kwara State Government-owned hospitals, allegedly murdered the taxi driver he hired during a trip to Benin City, Edo State in July.
Opalola stated that, “the Edo State Police Command had sent a distress call to the Osun Command that a white colored Toyota Camry car with registration number YAB368CN was stolen from Benin City and tracked to Osun State.
“The Police Command swiftly put a security mechanism in place and the said car was intercepted along Ejigbo/Ogbomoso road while the occupant was arrested.
The Command spokesperson revealed that, “Thereafter, the suspect and the deceased became friends and exchanged phone numbers and have been communicating since then.
“The suspect communicated to his friend (victim) in Benin that he wanted to sell his car and they agreed that the suspect should bring the car to Benin where it was sold for one million, four hundred thousand naira only (N1.4m).
“The suspect in the course of his stay in Benin after selling his car trickishly injected his friend (deceased) with a substance suspected to have killed him on 03/09/2022.
“He subsequently dumped his corpse in a nearby bush and made away with his white Toyota Camry muscle.”
Opalola stated that Adio will be charged to court as soon as investigation into the case is concluded.