The father of three, Sakiru Bello, who is
currently being investigated at the
homicide unit of the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence
Department, SCIID, has denied the
allegation that he murdered his ex-
wife, Sherifat Bello.
According to the 36-year-old suspect, “I
called her on February 13 and she came
to see me at home. Later, both of us
went to the Island. It was on our way
back that a commercial bus hit the bike
that we boarded and she fell, hitting
her head on the ground.
“When we got home, she started
complaining of pain in the head and
then she died. I didn’t take her to the
hospital because I didn’t have money.
“After she died, I didn’t know what to
do. I couldn’t call her family members
since we aren’t in good terms. It was
while thinking about what to do that a
thought came into my mind that I
should cut her corpse into pieces to
enable me dispose off her remains
easily.
“So I cut her head, her breast, her leg
and other parts of her body. I later
wrapped them in a sack before taking it
to an uncompleted building, where I
buried the parts in different holes.”
Father-in-law
According to the father of the deceased,
“I reported the case to the Area ‘B’
Police Command, when we didn’t see
her, not knowing that he had killed her.
When we called him, he said he was
somewhere in Ibadan and gave us an
address.
“However, when we got to the address,
he was not there. Luckily, police
arrested him in Lagos where he was
hiding. He is denying that he killed her,
but he cut her corpse into bits. All we
want is proper investigation and justice
in this case.”
Lamenting, the elder sister of the
deceased, Shakirat, told Vanguard: “My
sister is a nurse. She is the one who has
been catering for the family, while they
were married. She once bought him a
bike and later, a Danfo just to ensure
that he is gainfully employed. But
nothing came out of it.
“About a year ago, she raised alarm
that he wanted to use her for rituals, so
the two families came together and
they separated them.”
It will be recalled that Shakiru Bello
was alleged to have dismembered the
wife’s body and buried same in a
shallow grave, before leaving for
Ibadan, his home town.


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