A member of the Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Medical
Association (NMA), Dr Abdulkareem Tunde Abdulrahman, who earlier
reported missing, has now been confirmed dead after the medical officer
was allegedly clubbed to death in his father’s residence in Ilorin.
According to reports, the victim was killed around 1am on July 24, the exact day he was declared missing.
Prime suspect in the murder, Jamiu Mohammed, who is a son of the
private security guard at the residence of the deceased’s father,
Barrister Abdulrahman Alarape Adeyi at Plot 3, Professor Awe Close, Off
Abdulkareem Adisa Street, GRA, Ilorin, is now at large.
He allegedly perpetrated the heinous crime in connivance with two
others, said to be undergoing interrogation in the detention facility of
security operatives.
According to The Herald, the suspect, an ex-convict alongside two
other accomplices stormed the room of the deceased in the dead of the
night and used harmful objects to hack him to death in his father’s
residence.
The lifeless body of the medical doctor was said to have been
smuggled in his Toyota Corolla car and driven out that night to an
unknown destination.
A family source said that the father of the prime suspect, who is a
security guard at the deceased father’s residence, feigned ignorance at
the time the murder was committed.
It was learnt that series of efforts by the police to extract
information on the whereabouts of the doctor from the guard proved
futile until security operatives waded in.
The guard denied severally ever knowing anything about the death of
34-year old Tunde Abdulrahman, whose wedding programme was to start on
August 13 this year.
The prime suspect allegedly terminated the life of the medical doctor
to avenge the death of his mother who died of cholera two years ago,
even though the parent of the late doctor shouldered the expenses for
the burial of the suspect’s late mother.
A source confided in our correspondent that the suspect and his
siblings, who have been living in the deceased father’s residence in the
last ten years, were unhappy over the demise of their mother and thus
sought all avenues to take revenge.
The deceased’s two mobile phones were allegedly tracked and later
found in the possession of two other suspects, who are currently helping
security personnel to unravel how and why the life of Tunde Abdulrahman
was terminated.
The father of the suspect, a Bennoise, was reported to be providing
clues on how the doctor was killed and his corpse driven away to unknown
destination.
A source said, “On the day Tunde (Abdulrahman) was declared missing,
the father of the suspect claimed the deceased drove himself out around
5am without telling anyone where he was heading to.
“The father of the suspect did not initially cooperate with the
security personnel. He denied ever knowing anything about the death of
Tunde Abdulrahman. When they mounted pressure on him, he started making
confessional statements.
“He has told them (security team) that it was his son, Jamiu, who connived with other accomplices to kill our son.
They came in the afternoon of the preceding day of the incident under the pretense of making inquiry on unknown issues.
“Unknown to Tunde (the deceased), they deliberately came to assess
the environment in preparation for the evil plot to be committed later
that night.
“To our surprise, the prime suspect who was released from Prison in
March this year for a certain criminal offence, on that fateful night,
came with his accomplices and they went straight into the apartment of
Tunde where they hacked him to death in his room.
“After accomplishing their heinous mission, they dragged his body
into the booth of his car and drove away to an unknown destination. It
was when his two mobile phones were tracked that the truth started
coming out about how and who killed him”.
Abdulrahman was until his gruesome murder, a medical officer with
Hospital Management Bureau, deployed to General Hospital in Omu- Aran,
Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi
confirmed the arrest of some suspects who are now undergoing
interrogation with security operatives
