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A suspected cattle rustler, Muhammadu Bello, who killed his employer in the bush at Iseyin, Oyo State, and disappeared with his 20 cows and 14 sheep, has said that the murder he committed must have been ordained by Allah, for him to have succeeded.
He added to his submission that he was not beaten to death by his tribesmen when his atrocity was discovered because his creator didn’t want him dead. This was why, according to him, he was saved by the police who took him to custody for investigation.
The suspect was arrested by Oyo State Police Command for killing his employer, Yau Mohammed, a Fulani cattle owner, after which he took over his 20 cows and 14 sheep, claiming them to be his.
At a recent press briefing, the Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, said that the command’s Monitoring Unit, led by its commander, CSP Olusola Aremu, got credible information in Iseyin town that a nomadic cattle herder was sighted at Kara Market in the town, 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 in Iseyin town were deployed for swift intervention. In the process, the suspect, who later identified himself as Mohammadu Bello, was arrested, and upon interrogation, he confessed to being a cattle rustler. He subsequently led the operatives to a thick forest where he concealed 20 live cows and 14 sheep that he rustled from his employer.
“However, upon further investigation into the Soku Forest where he claimed to have carried out the dastard act, 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.
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