Posted on: 07:33 Thu, 26 May 2016



The Kwara State Police Command
says it has begun investigation into
the circumstances surrounding the
death of one Azeez Rafat, a house
wife who was kidnapped.

Rafat’s mutilated body was
reportedly found some days after
her disappearance after some
people suspected to be kidnappers
allegedly called her relations asking
for a N3 million ransom.

She was kidnapped from Arandun,
a community in Irepodun Local
Government Area, LGA, of the state
on May 6; however, few days after
her sudden disappearance, her
remains were discovered by a team
of youths at the Gaa Animoro area
of the LGA, a Fulani settlement
camp within the community.

The remains of the victim were
allegedly found with her breasts,
tongue and a leg dismembered.
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, PPRO, Ajayi Okasanmi,
confirmed the development on
Wednesday.

He told newsmen that Rafat, a
mother of five, had left home on
the said day at about 6:45 pm, after
allegedly receiving a strange
anonymous call.

Meanwhile, a woman identified as
Sifawu Lawal, who claimed to be
the deceased’s mother, told
newsmen that a search party was
immediately organised when the
alarm of her disappearance was
raised by her children.

She added that soon after the
disappearance of the deceased,
members of the family started
receiving strange calls from Rafat’s
mobile lines with some unidentified
persons claiming responsibility for
her abduction and demanding N3
million as ransom.

According to her, the callers who
claimed that the victim was sold to
them equally mentioned some
names, including the victim’s
husband, Disu Azeez, as the brain
behind her disappearance.

Those mentioned during the calls
were subsequently arrested and
transferred to the police
headquarters in Ilorin for
interrogation; however, reports
revealed that youths in the
community who were not satisfied
with the claim of the strange callers
and suspecting foul play, decided to
organise another search party
which led to the alleged discovery
of the victim’s mutilated body.

The PPRO stated that the police will
not relent in its effort to fish out
the culprits.