Wife finds husband, another woman’s corpses in Lagos residence

*Kidnap kingpin killed during gun battle with

Controversy has surrounded the death of one Rasaki Balogun and a
yet-to-be identified woman, whose remains were found at the
former’s place of residence at No. 16 Taiwo Oke Street, Victory
Estate, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said in
a statement on Monday that Balogun’s wife, Akorede, who discovered
the corpses at her husband’s second home, informed the police about
the development.

He stated that detectives from the state police command, who
were mobilised to the scene, found the corpses of Balogun and the
woman lying on a knife in a pool of blood in the sitting room.

Elkana added that the command had commenced investigation to
unravel the actual cause of death.

The PPRO said, “On Thursday, June 20, 2019, around 8am, one
Akorede Balogun of Area 2, Igbehandun Estate, New Heaven, Iba,
reported at the Iba Police Station that her husband, Rasaki
Balogun, 56, of No. 16 Taiwo Oke Street, Victory Estate, Ejigbo,
was found dead with his mistress in his sitting room.

“A team of detectives, led by the Divisional Police Officer,
Ejigbo, visited the scene. The corpses of the man and his alleged
mistress were found in the pool of their blood with the woman lying
on a knife. The man was said to be living alone in the house, while
his family live in a different place. The identity of the mistress
has yet-to-be established as he was said to have picked her about
two days earlier from an unknown location and brought her to the
house.

“The crime scene was sealed off for forensic analysis, while the
corpses were evacuated to hospital for autopsy. Homicide detectives
from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department,
Panti, Yaba, have taken over the case on the instruction of the
state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu. Investigation is
ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding their death.”

In another development, the police said a wanted suspected
kidnapper, Mufutau Sulaimon, aka Pencil, had been killed in the
Ikorodu area of the state.

Elkana said in a statement on Monday that Sulaimon engaged
police personnel in a gun battle during a raid on his hideout in
the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, but died as a result of the bullet
wounds he sustained.

He said Sulaimon and his gang members were responsible for the
death of two Bureau De Change operators, whose corpses were dumped
in a septic tank in Ikorodu, after collecting a ransom of
N1.6m.

Elkana stated, “On Sunday, June 23, 2019, around 9.10pm, a
notorious kidnap ringleader, who led his deadly gang in the kidnap
and murder of two Bureau De Change operators in Ikorodu on
Thursday, March 14, 2019, after collecting a ransom of N1.6m, is
dead.

“Three members of his gang were earlier arrested by men of the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad and they led the operatives to their den
at Ikorodu, where the corpses of the two Bureau De Change operators
and two other victims were recovered. “A sustained monitoring of
the fugitive ringleader, Sulaimon, finally yielded positive results
as the team eventually traced him to his hideout in Odogunyan,
Ikorodu.

“On sighting the team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police,
Rotimi Ogunmuyiwa, Sulaimon, aka Pencil, engaged the team in a gun
battle. Two SARS operatives, Sergeant Omoola Adedeji and Sergeant
Gbenga Oluwadare, sustained various degrees of injuries, while
Sulaimon sustained bullet wounds on both legs.

“They were all taken to hospital, but Sulaimon was confirmed
dead on arrival, while the two injured police personnel were taken
to the intensive care unit and are responding to treatment. One gun
with live ammunition and expanded ammunition were recovered from
the scene.”

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