The Ogun State police command has confirmed the arrest of a mobile money agent, Eniola Adenuga, who raped his co-worker to death around Lafenwa area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Mr Edward Ajogun, said the suspect reported that he came to his office and found the lifeless body of Faith Jude in front of the office covered with a canopy on September 19.

However, after the police carried out a forensic examination on the corpse, it was discovered that there were marks of violence on the deceased body, suggesting she was murdered, the Nation reports.

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Ajogun said: “Based on the recovery, the complainant was professionally interrogated, and it was discovered that he was the person that actually killed the victim.

“He confessed to the crime and stated that the deceased, a co-worker came to the shop to collect money for their boss.

“He took advantage of the heavy downpour on the day to grab the deceased, gagged her mouth with a piece of cloth while he raped her.

“Having had his way with the girl, he discovered that she had given up the ghost due to suffocation,” he said.

Narrating how he carried out the barbarous acts, Adenuga, said the girl just joined the company and quickly picked interest in her but added that despite having made countless advances to her with promises of treating her fine, she refused to accept his romantic overtures.

He added that as the affection for her kept building up, he contemplated seeking to have his way by force and an opportunity provided itself on a rainy evening when the victim came to the office to collect the day’s proceeds for their master.

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Adenuga said he grabbed the girl, wrestled her to the ground and raped her after gagging her.

He added that he had scarcely concluded the rape act when the girl died of suffocation. The suspect is pleading for mercy, saying he never meant to kill Faith Jude.

He said, “I raped her in the shop and she died in the process. I kept her corpse in the store.

“In early hours of the third day of the incident, I placed her corpse in front of the shop and went to report at Lafenwa police station that I found a corpse in front of our shop.

“I had to confess during investigation that I actually covered her mouth with her underwear while I raped her to death.”

The case is being investigated by the Homicide Section of the command’s Criminal Investigation Department.