From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
An officer of the Nigeria Correctional Centre , Kogi state Command DSP Olorunpelumi Jacob who allegedly killed his friend on Tuesday and kept the butchered remains in a refrigerator has committed suicide in a private lodge in Lokoja.
The officer whose name was given on the social media as Ayo Pelumi was said to have gruesomely murdered his friend, a photo journalist identified as Ayo Aiyepeku by smashing him on the head with a blunt object, rendering him unconscious, and thereafter proceeded to butcher the victim and later stored the mutilated body parts in a freezer.
The incident happened on Tuesday night in an office located around the Government House/GRA axis of Lokoja, where his suspected assailant reportedly had a farm in the same premises.
It was learnt that immediately he committed the murder, he took parts of the body inside his Hilux van and sped off only to return few hours unknown to him that a colleague of the deceased who was in the office had the distress cry of the photojournalist when he was attacked but could not come to his rescue.
It was gathered that the correctional officer had a farm in the compound of the office of the newspaper and had gone to the office by 7.30 pm to call the deceased who he thought was the only one remaining in the office .
He was said to have called him to help him put a freezer in his vehicle when he hit him with a big rod and thereafter over powered him killing him and dismembering his body
On returning back to the premises o he was said to have been confronted by some security operatives who had been alerted of the incident .
In an attempt to speed off, the tyres of his vehicle got burst but he managed to escape.
The Kogi Police Command on Wednesday launched a manhunt for the suspected ritual killer and urged members of the public who knew his whereabout to alert the nearest police station.
However, at about 2.00pm on Thursday afternoon, the police acting on a tip off stormed into a lodge where the corpse of the killer was recovered.
A bottle of coca cola and a snippet was said to have also been seen at the scene of the incident.
Meanwhile, sources close to the police said investigation has continued to unravel while the suspected ritualist eventually killed himself.
