A 23-year old man, Adeeko Owolabi, reportedly connived with a 42-year-old self-acclaimed pastor of a white garment church, Segun Philip and smashed his girlfriend, Favour Daley-Oladele with a pestle.

The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday said it has arrested Philip alongside Owolabi over the killing of Daley-Oladele, a final year Sociology student of Lagos State University [LASU].

Owolabi, after his arrest, narrated how he used his girlfriend to prepare concoction for himself and his mother who he claimed was financially broke.

Owolabi who was arrested by men of the state Police command at Ikoyi-Ile area of Osun State confessed to have connived with Philip to kill his girlfriend for ritual.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta.

Oyeyemi explained that the two suspects were arrested by the Police attached to Mowe Division at Ikoyi-Ile in Osun State.

The statement reads partly,

“The deceased was reported to have left home to an unknown destination since the 8th of December 2019 and has not been seen since then, hence, she was reported missing by her parents at Mowe Police Station.

“Upon the report, the DPO Mowe Division, SP Marvis Jayeola detailed his crack detectives to unravel the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the 22-year- old woman.

“The detectives went into full scale technical and forensic investigation of the case and their efforts paid off when the movement of the deceased was traced to a white garment church in far away Ikoyi-Ile in Osun State being pastored by one Segun Philip.

“On getting to the church, the self-acclaimed pastor was promptly arrested but he was quick to inform the detectives that the girl was brought to him by her boyfriend Adeeko Owolabi who was still within the vicinity of the church. The said boyfriend was traced and apprehended immediately.”

The PPRO added that during the interrogation, Owolabi claimed he lured his girlfriend from Lagos to Osun State.

Owolabi also confessed that while he used a pestle to smash her girlfriend’s head, his pastor cut off her neck while sleeping.

He further revealed that the self-acclaimed pastor opened her girlfriend’s chest, removed her heart and used it to prepare concoction for him.

He further said the financial situation of his family led him to go to the pastor who asked him to bring a human being for ritual.

“On interrogation, Adeeko Owolabi confessed to the police that the deceased was his girlfriend and that he lured her to Ikoyi-Ile where he has perfected plans with the so-called pastor Segun Philip to use her for money-making ritual.

“He stated further that while the girl was sleeping, the pastor gave him a pestle with which he used to smash the head of the girl and the pastor quickly used a knife to cut off her neck, ripped open her chest and removed her heart which he used in preparing a concoction for him and his mother to eat.

“When asked what pushed him to such devilish act, Owolabi explained that he decided to go into money ritual because things are not going well with his parents economically most especially his mother who used to be the breadwinner of the family.

“And when he sought for assistance from the pastor, he was asked to bring a human being for that purpose and the available person at that time was his girlfriend,” he said.

The PPRO however said, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation.

He said,

“The CP who described the gruesome murder of the deceased as superlative degree of wickedness vowed to ensure that all the suspects face the full wrath of the law.”