By Toba Adedeji
The mastermind killer of a 400-level Uniosun Student had been arrested by the Department of State Service, Osun State.
It was learnt that the DSS had apprehended one herbalist, identified as Jelili and commercial driver, Elijah Oyebode for kidnapping and killing Miss Rofiat Adebisi.
It would be recalled that Rofiat who left Ipetu-Ijesa for Osogbo on December 22nd, 2016 got missing along the way and her corpse was found on the roadside along Ikirun/Iragbiji road few days later.
It was said that the driver, Elijah Oyebode confessed that the herbalist (Jelili) gave him the assignment to bring a young lady who has never given birth before and get a sum of N10,000 as a reward.
Elijah who spoke with osun.life correspondent in Yoruba language said “Rofiat boarded my vehicle from Ipetu-Ijesa to Osogbo while returning from the Ipetu-Ijesa campus of UNIOSUN.
“I took her from Ipetu-Ijesa. There were other passengers in my vehicle that day. The girl matched the specification that Jelili gave me. Jelili said I should bring a lady that has never given birth before. When I saw the student, I was sure very that she had not given birth to a child”.
He continued “Jelili had given me a charm that I will use to hypnotise my victim once I put the charm in my pocket, I only need to have body contact with any lady of my choice and she would be hypnotised”
“The charm was already in my pocket when I saw her (Rofiat) and I ensured that my body touched her. From there, she didn’t know anything again”
“After dropping other passengers at the various destinations, I took the lady to Jelili’s house in Ikirun and he received her and gave me N10,000. I pity the lady when I was leaving because I knew she would not come out alive”
“When I left Ifa’s house, I went to a bush to dump the lady’s luggage which contained some clothes. Few minutes later, her phone started ringing. I knew her people must be looking for her. I took the phone to Yusuff to help me sell it. I told Yusuff that a passenger forgot the phone in my vehicle”.
“The phone kept ringing and I later picked it. Yusuff told me that it was dangerous to receive the call because they could use it to trace us. I removed the SIM card and threw it away instantly to prevent her people from reaching us. We sold the phone for N20,000. We shared it N10,000 each”.
While speaking with Journalists the herbalist said the driver was telling lie and that Elijah was just his contract driver that he used occasionally.
A top DSS official who pleaded anonymity said there was incriminatory evidence against the herbalist, saying that Jelili was not saying the truth.
The Commissioner of police in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye confirmed the incident and said a joint team of DSS and policemen are investigating the matter.
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