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The police said the man, after killing the victim, collected N20.7 million ransom from the victim’s family, whom he tricked into believing that he had been kidnapped.
A Nigerian man has allegedly murdered his friend in Delta State, south-south Nigeria.
The prime suspect, Efe Onoetiyi, allegedly hired assassins to murder the victim, Paulinus Okon.
The police spokesperson in Delta State, Bright Edafe, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the police headquarters in the state.
Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, uploaded on his X handle on Monday a video clip showing the suspects during the parade.
He said the incident occurred at Otokutu, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the South-southern state, but did not indicate the exact period the incident happened.
How it happened
The police spokesperson said the prime suspect, Mr Onoetiyi, in September, contacted his friend, Mr Okon and informed him of a building on sale which was valued at N30 million.
He said Mr Okon expressed interest and gave him N30 million to purchase the building based on the agreement that he (Onoetiyi) would buy the building for him (Mr Okon).
“Instead of Efe (Onoetiyi) buying the property, he diverted the money and used it to buy his own house and also bought two other lands.
“When it got time for Efe to show Paulinus the property he bought for him, he (Efe) didn’t know what to do. He became confused and didn’t know how to explain it to Paulinus. So, he decided to kill,” Mr Edafe narrated.
The spokesperson said Mr Onoetiyi first contacted a man to kill Mr Okon with a promise to pay him N450,000 but the man declined.
He said Mr Onoetiyi consequently contacted three other men – Okeimute Gaga, Sunday Ikpeba and Lawrence Joseph, a herbalist – to kill the victim.
The murder
Mr Edafe said when Messrs Gaga and Ikpeba indicated they were ready to kill the victim, Mr Onoetiyi allegedly tricked Mr Okon to accompany him to a… CONTINUE READING.
