2 Suspected Killers Of Brother Arraigned

Two brothers, Omotola Ajayi, 48 and Oluwatoyin Ajayi, 41 who allegedly killed their younger brother, Akinbuyi, 39, and sold some of his body parts to buyers at Festac Town, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have been arraigned before Yaba magistrate’s court Lagos for murder.

They were arraigned before the presiding Magistrate O. S. Aka-Bashorun on a two-count charge of felony and murder under sections 231 and 221 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.

Their plea was not taken. The court ordered them to be remanded in prison custody at Ikoyi and their case file duplicated for DPP’s advice.

The two defendants, Omotola and his immediate younger brother, Toyin, were arrested following the discovery of the decomposing body of their younger sibling, Akinbuyi, inside a room in their home at B Close, House 6, 3rd Avenue in Festac Town.

When the body was found, the head, hands, breasts, private part and parts of the legs were missing and this led to suspicion that the suspects might have sold the parts

The head of Akinbuyi allegedly murdered inside their duplex in Festac Town, Lagos, was recovered. Police detectives from Festac Police Station led by Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Mohammed Mu’azu, a Chief Superintendent, found it inside a polythene bag.

The suspects could not explain what they were doing with their late brother’s head in their home.

Omotola told the police that their father, who died years ago in an auto accident, retired as a Controller of Immigration.

The second defendant, Toyin,  who had told the police that he was a primary school teacher, was studying for his Masters degree in Engineering at the University of Lagos at the time their alleged crime was uncovered.

Other residents of the one-storey twin duplex where the crime took place fled their homes after the incident.

The dastardly act was discovered when  a good Nigerian, who suspected the offensive odour from the building, had alerted the police.

Consequently, the DPO, Mr. Mu’azu, mobilised his men to the scene where some body parts were  discovered.

The incident was likened to that of the late Clifford Orji, who was caught selling human parts in Lagos many years ago, but the case of the Ajayis was worse because they allegedly killed their own brother and were selling his body parts in bits to make a living.

—Cyriacus Izuekwe