Confusion as Ogun community leader’s son, woman found dead inside car

By OLAYINKA OLUKOYA, Abeokuta

One Azeez Ilias identified as the son of the Baale of Idoforo community in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State and a lady identified as Deborah were found dead in a Toyota Camry car at Ago-Egun-, Idiroko.

The deceased were found naked in the vehicle while their clothes were missing, which brought about suspicion about their deaths.

It was however gathered the clothes of the 37-year-old Ilias was found inside a gutter in front of Deborah’s house.

The bodies were discovered on Monday by 2.00 am by the So-Safe Corps of the Idiroko Divisional Headquarters which was on routine patrol in the Toyota Camry with registration number LND 223 BV.

The security outfit spokesperson, Moruf Yusuf, said, “The Idiroko Divisional Headquarters of the Ogun State Government-owned indigenous security outfit, the So-Safe Corps, confirmed to newsmen Tuesday that it discovered the bodies at about 2am on Monday.

“The robust relationship between the So-Safe corps and the Ogun State Police Command yielded a wonderful result as the So-Safe Corps, a state agency and Idiroko Police Divisional Headquarters jointly smelt a car parked to be suspicious and as approached, found two bodies lying lifeless in the car.

“The male, a 37-year-old has been identified as Azeez Ilias, a son of one of the Baales in Ipokia axis, while the female body is identified as Deborah as at the time of filing this report.”

He added that efforts are ongoing to unravel the mystery behind the deaths.

Also, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, saying the two could have been murdered by unknown persons.

“Yes, we are investigating. We want to know what led to the death of the two of them. We are suspecting that they were murdered, we are highly suspecting that; so we want to investigate.

“We don’t want to preempt what the outcome of the investigation is going to be. Let’s conclude our investigation for further details about the incident,” Oyeyemi said. (Nigerian Tribune)