How driver was murdered by teenage passenger at village near Gambari, Ogbomoso because 'he liked his cab' (VIDEO)

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How driver was murdered by teenage passenger at village near Gambari, Ogbomoso because ‘he liked his cab’ (VIDEO)

Jeremiah OYELEKE

Sun tragically set at noon for a cab driver in Gambari, Ogbomoso Oyo state, Afolabi Taiwo a.k.a. Oloyo, few days ago, as he was strangled and butchered to death by a boy believed to be in his early twenties.

The suspect according to investigations by ogbomosoinsightonline.com slit the neck of the victim after he lured him into a bush on the pretext of carrying a consignment of maize to a village.

Journey of no return

Oloyo, so nicknamed because he was a native of Oyo town, plied Gambari – Ogbomoso route though resident in Gambari, where he built a house, was said to be formerly a patient medicine seller but abandoned the trade for greener pastures in transport business. He was about 50 years old.

On the day he was last seen alive, he “loaded” his cab at Gambari for Ogbomoso, the park manager Ogbomoso -Gambari unit Afolabi Atanda a.k.a. Afoo, told ogbomosoinsightonline.com Saturday.

“Oloyo left for Ogbomoso with passengers from the park in Gambari but we didn’t see him again. At about 10pm that day our chairman called that he was contacted by Oloyo’s wife that her husband had not returned home. That normally he would return at about 8pm or 8:30pm.

“We called our people at Ogbomoso but they said they did not see him. In the morning we were worried when we learned his whereabouts was still unknown, we raised a search party and also informed the Police. It was after three days that information reached us that a vehicle that looked like Oloyo’s Mazda car was seen in a ditch at Owolaake area, a suburb of Ogbomoso along the new expressway.”

Arrests

Adio further informed: “We hurriedly went there and confirmed it was indeed Oloyo’s car but no one was seen around the car. The discovery was instantly reported at the Igbon Divisional Police Headquarters. Some mechanic were seen nearby and they were asked who brought the car there and they said they were three boys. They informed that the welder among them was contacted by the suspects to weld a broken absorber in the car. The welder was therefore arrested and detained by the police on the ground that those who brought the car would contact him again. So, other people in the neighbourhood were saddled with the task of apprehending anyone seen found near the car.

“Four days later, the prime suspect came around to the location at about 8pm. He told the people he saw that he wanted to retrieve the battery. They directed him to go inside the house that the welder was inside. That’s how he was apprehended. They quickly contacted Oloyo’s colleagues who alerted the police and so he was taken into custody.

Sordid confession

The suspect, according to Afoo, flagged Oloyo down while he was returning to Gambari on the fateful day, requesting him to transport a maize consignment to one village (Abule Ogo) located beyond Gambari. “Perhaps Oloyo didn’t know the village and so he drove far into the bush, where life was eventually snuffed out of him,” Afoo added. The suspects meanwhile confessed he was the sole perpetrator, that the other two with whom he landed the cab into the ditch at Owolaake were innocent and not privy to the crime disclosing they were cart pushers in the market but that he lied to them that he just bought the car and would like them to join him in loading luggage. “They didn’t know how l got the car,” he reportedly asserted.

On why he committed the crime, he was said to have revealed he “liked the cab and wanted to use it for transport business too.”

How he dispossessed Oloyo of the cab and killed him

The suspect reportedly stated he strangled his victim but that “after he was not choked to death in time l brought out a dagger to slit open his throat.”

He subsequently packed the corpse in a sack and deposited it in a bush.

He later led the police to where he dumped the corpse of Oloyo, and the remains were found tightly packed inside the sack.

Video of how the suspect led the police to where he dumped the corpse of Ologo

Strong appeal

Atanda appealed to government to ensure justice is served by making the suspect face the full wrath of the law. This is as he urged his colleagues to always be wary of tempting offers in the course of their work. “If a passenger offers to pay ₦10, 000 (ten thousand naira) for a service not more than ₦2, 000 (two thousand naira), they should think twice.”

Police sources confirmed the incident and are currently investigating.