Cleric Kills 62-Year Old Woman And Dumps Corpse On Bridge

A 55-year-old cleric Mr. Isiaka Akanbi who have a traditional healing centre on Lawani Street, in Olodi Apapa, Lagos, have been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly killing a 62-year-old woman, Raliatu Kareem and stealing the deceased’s wallet and other personal effects. Akanbi is said to have known the deceased for about 20 years as she was a close customer of his.

Late Raliat was said to have left Ijaiye after the monthly environmental exercise was over on Oct 26 but never returned home. The family went in search of her two days later, a search with took them to the Alfa’s house who denied setting eyes on the woman.

The family became suspicious when Akanbi reportedly started packing his property, and preparing to flee the house some hours later. The family was said to have raised the alarm and headed for the Tolu Police Station to report the incident. The police later came to arrest Akanbi. Akanbi told Punch;

    “On the evening of October 26, it is true that she visited me. We have been very good friends too. On that day, she just collapsed and became unconscious. I quickly rushed her to a nearby hospital, but I was shocked when the nurses told me she had died.

    I got a NAPEP tricycle and took her corpse to the Marine Bridge that same night and abandoned it there. I did not want people to trace her corpse to me. When I got home, I buried her wallet, handset, bangle and ring behind my house.

    I did not kill her. I am an Alfa, I do favour charms for traders. I met Raliatu in 1986. Since then, we have been family friends. She used to come to my place for consultation and I had been to her house too.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the case.