A man Taye Agbaje, has been arrested for murdering his younger brother’s two children in a jungle near Abeokuta, the state’s capital.
According to information obtained by Platinum Times, the man went to his sibling’s home in Kemta Abata, Abeokuta, on Saturday, August 5, went away with the two girls on his bike, and then killed them with a cutlass.
It was learned that Idowu Agbaje, the children’s father, who wasn’t home when Taye came to pick up the children, began looking for them when he got home in the evening.
He had informed neighbors when they reported seeing the two girls riding his brother’s motorcycle during the day.
Residents of Kemta Abata expressed outrage at the occurrence and noted that the culprit did not reside there.
Taye is currently in police custody, according to a community source who wished to remain anonymous.
“When Taye was asked about the whereabouts of the girls, he denied knowing about it. Members of the community said they saw him conveying the girls, yet he said he only took them to the market.
“He was taken to Kemta police division, where he later confessed to have killed his nieces. Taye took the police to the bush where he slit his nieces throats and left the bodies..
“We all saw the bodies where he killed them. Police have evacuated the corpses to the mortuary. Taye did not give any particular reason for his action, he only said the mother of the kids had spiritually taken his glory for her husband. This is very shocking,” the source narrated.
Omolola Odutola, the public relations officer for the Ogun State Police, acknowledged the occurrence and called it puzzling.
Odutola said that while the suspect was being questioned by the police, he displayed no remorse and kept attributing the crime to satan.