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A Kogi-based photojournalist, Aiyepeku Ayo, has reportedly been murdered and dismembered by his neighbour, Adebayo Pelumi, an officer with the Nigerian Correctional Service, in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
The tragic incident passed off on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, inside a residential compound within the Authorities Reserved Space (GRA) of Lokoja, the place each the sufferer and the suspect lived.
In response to studies by the True Crime Tony, Ayo was in his workplace enhancing photographs and movies when Pelumi allegedly known as him outdoors.
“Adebayo advised Ayo that he wanted assist with one thing at his poultry farm. This poultry farm was mentioned to have been situated throughout the similar compound,” the report mentioned.
“Ayo obtained up instantly to go and help Adebayo. In the meantime, Adebayo had no concept that Ayo was not alone within the workplace that night.”
The report continued, “So, as quickly as Ayo stepped outdoors the workplace to observe him to the poultry farm, Adebayo struck with none warning.
“He had come ready with an iron rod, and he was shot within the head. The assault was swift and cruel, leaving Ayo no likelihood to defend himself and even perceive what was occurring to him.”
An eyewitness who was current within the workplace on the time of the assault reportedly watched the incident unfold.
The suspect reportedly dismembered the sufferer’s physique, positioned the elements in a freezer, and tried to hide the proof.
He later reportedly locked the eyewitness inside a room upstairs earlier than fleeing the scene with the freezer.
The eyewitness, nevertheless, managed to alert native vigilantes, who arrived promptly and contacted safety operatives. Adebayo later returned to the scene however took off on sighting the vigilantes, resulting in a high-speed chase via the streets of Lokoja.
His car was finally hit from behind by one other automotive. He then deserted the car and fled into a close-by bush. When police recovered the car, the freezer was discovered empty.
Ayo was a graduate in Political Science from the Federal College, Lokoja, and labored as a photojournalist for the web information platform ‘Inside Story’.
Adebayo, who’s from Kogi State, was reportedly identified for his violent behaviour.
His spouse reportedly left him two months earlier as a consequence of home abuse, and there are claims he could have been concerned in drug use. Some studies have additionally linked the motive of the homicide to suspected ritual functions.
When contacted, the Kogi State Police Command confirmed the incident. The Police Public Relations Officer, Williams Aya, said that the matter was reported to the command on the identical day it occurred.
He added that officers responded swiftly to the scene and recovered the suspect’s car, however that the suspect fled into the bush earlier than he could possibly be apprehended.
“The case was reported to us on twenty second July. Police have been capable of rush to the scene of the incident and a car was recovered whereas the suspect bumped into the push,” Aya mentioned.
“Police are at the moment investigating the matter and we’ll make sure the perpetrator is delivered to e book,” he added.
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