LOKOJA – IF only, 13-year old Yetunde, Racheal Samuel had known what fate had in store for her on 5TH October, she would have changed her mind about staying home and followed her family to the wedding of the day. But life played a fast one on her and kept her in the dark about the evil that lurked at the corner . She had no premonition whatsoever, that on that particular day, she would bid the world goodbye in a gruesome manner.

On that day, the serene town of Isanlu, headquarters of Yagba – East Local Government of Kogi State was thrown into tumoil following the gruesome murder of Yetunde, whose body was deposited inside a medium size freezer after being strangled to death by yet to be identified killers.

Yetunde Rachael Samuel, a JSS 2 student of Oluyori Comprehensive College, Isanlu was killed in the night of October 5th and neatly deposited inside a medium size freezer to create impression that she fell into the freezer and was subsequently jamlocked and frozen to death without any body knowing; which shows that her death was pre-planned and carried out with an ulterior motive.

What has remained a mystery is who actually murdered her and for what. Aside that, the question on the lips of people is why was she the only one left in the house that particular day and why she was hurriedly buried in the cover of the night? Why did the parents or the guardians fail to report her mysterious death to the police before she was committed to mother earth? Only the police or perhaps, the late Yetunde herself could actually reveal who killed her and how she died.

The perpetrators of the henious crime would have gotten away with it if the police had not gotten wind of it. Maybe Yetunde’s blood is seeking for justice as no one knows how the Police heard about it.

The state commissioner of Police, Alh Mohammed Musa Katsina who got wind of the dastardly act, suspected foul play, arrested the guardians of the girl and ordered that the corpse be exhumed for a thorough autopsy to confirm whether the girl actually jumped inside the freezer and got frozen or she was killed.

MD Abubakar, Police IG

It was a hectic time for our correspondent and detectives led by the deputy commissioner of police, Alh Zannah Mohammed who travelled to the community with a pathologist from Federal Medical Centre to exhume the decompsing corpse for autopsy.

The guardian of the girl who is at the centre of the mysterious death, Mrs Deborah Motunrayo Jaiyeoba claimed that she left the girl who was the daughter of her younger sister at home that Saturday morning for a marriage ceremony along with all her children.

According to her, when she got back from the wedding ceremony and did not see Yetunde, she thought she had gone to play. She said she was thirsty and raced to the deep freezer to get a satchet of water to quench her thirst when she suddenly discovered that Yetunde was stone dead in the freezer and she immediately raised alarm.

Mrs jaiyeoba, a sanitary inspector at the local government claimed Yetunde wanted to clean the deep freezer in her small retail shop when she fell into the deep freezer and must have frozen to death.

Saturday Vanguard also gathered that the father of the desceased was said to have felt indiferrent about the death of her daughter as he hurriedly consented that she should be buried immediately.

Saturday Vanguard’s investigation revealed that Yetunde’s mother was impregnated at the age of 17 while she was still in secondary school; and after delivery , decided to drop Yetunde at the age of two with her sister and headed to Ilorin for greener pasture where she later got married. However, the autopsy carried out revealed that the late girl was actually killed; maybe, for rituals.

Preliminary doctor’s report confirmed that the girl died as result of neorogenic shock secondary to multiple skeletal injuries most likely sustained from blunt force trauma .

The doctor’s report also said two of the girl’s teeth were removed with some vital parts while the entire head region was battered with blunt instrument.

Speaking with Saturday Vanguard, the State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Kastina said the whole episode was a case of culpable homicide. He said the innocent girl was brutally murdered but expressed shock that the biological father of the girl did not show concern but instead, he brought a letter to his office along with somebody who claimed to be a judicial officer that the case be withdrawn.

The CP said when he interrogated the father, he could not even read nor comprehend the contents of the letter which gave suspicion that some people were behind the murder. He therefore called on members of the public to be more vigilant with their children and to know who they give their children to for upkeeping but vowed to pursue the case to a logical conclusion .

If truly Yetunde’s guardian was behind the gruesome murder, why and what could be the reason behind it after sucessefully nuturing her for the past 13 years? What does she stand to gain? All these questions seem unanswarable as the peoples wait patiently for the police to unravel the case and make their submission known on time.

Those arrested along with the 43 year- old Mrs Jaiyeoba Deborah who was the guardian are three of her children namely: Jaiyeoba Titilayo, 20 years old; Tunmininu Jaiyeoba 23 years old and Jaiyeoba Femi 18 years old. Others are Shade Jimoh, Chief J I Owolabi, Raphael Owolabi, Raphael Abiodun and Tolulope Sunday.
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The evil days keep smiling.

no evil doer shall go unpunished

Pure evil. May God protect us from insane people who walk around as if they are sane people.

Kogi and juju, na wa for them o, wetin the small girl do na?

It is well ☺ º°˚˚°ºoo....

anybody who took part in the burial must be arrested

nawa 4 9ja o

october 5 is my birthday,,,coincidentally, why did these evil pple do evil on my bday,the same day allu4 happened...make dem no spoil am for me o..

Wickedness at it peak!

what a world. Another great child who would move this country forward murdered.



The family of those who did this will never know peace. Peace & fortune will depart from such person family

How callous May those who kill by the sword, die by the sword.

No more good news iin naija agaid. It is kidnapping, ritual, boat mishap, aircrash, road accident, lynching. God have mercy on our country

Wonders shall never cease 2 END in a country called NIGERIA. Oga ooooo

bid4rich: Kogi and juju, na wa for them o, wetin the small girl do na?

what type of statement is this As if murder doesn't happen all over 9ja. Mind you am not from there but we should all learn to condemn intelligently

Chai! Ihe neme! May her soul RIP. As 4 d NPF,they are really stepping up their game.kudos to their efforts. I xpect more abt this story soon

How come her guardian concluded she feel into the freezer while trying to clean it during their absence. I strongly feel there is something someone is hiding from the police.

As if deepfreezer is a river. Bad liers. How deep is the deep freezer that a thirteen years old child could not come out from even if she fell inside? Phweeem! I'm angry with this people.

WHY THE FRIDGE, WHY NOT OVEN.
BAD PEOPLE YOUR UNA OWN DEY COME SOON.

optimist D: As if deepfreezer is a river. Bad liers. How deep is the deep freezer that a thirteen years old child could not come out from even if she fell inside? Phweeem! I'm angry with this people.

I guess as much o

Wicked generation

all those involved will never know peace untill they confess in jesus name amen.
and they shall pay with their lives also.
stupid and wicked souls.

optimist D: As if deepfreezer is a river. Bad liers. How deep is the deep freezer that a thirteen years old child could not come out from even if she fell inside? Phweeem! I'm angry with this people.

same thought dat came to my mind. They tot we r all fo.ols lyk em

Aluu4.....now we have Isanlu1. May God save our souls. (evil men all over Nigeria)

NA WA O, JUMPING INSIDE A FREEZER - THIS IS A FIRST.

benbrains: It is well ☺ º°˚˚°ºoo....

tell me when is it going to be well in this country.
Stop using that word cos its not well @all.

Hmm, na wa o.
The father of the girl and her guardian should be held as prime suspects, how can they just conclude she fell into the freezer and got frozen? How deep is the freezer that she couldn't have climbed out of it?
Apparently the girl's mother didn't even want her, couldn't she have come back for her child after settling down? Abeg the police should do their best to bring her killers to book.

The guardian of the girl who is at the centre of the mysterious death, Mrs Deborah Motunrayo Jaiyeoba claimed that she left the girl who was the daughter of her younger sister at home that Saturday morning for a marriage ceremony [size=20pt]along with all her children.[/size]

Hmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!

Speaking with Saturday Vanguard, the State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Kastina said the whole episode was a case of culpable homicide. He said the innocent girl was brutally murdered but expressed shock that the biological father of the girl did not show concern but instead, he brought a letter to his office along with somebody who claimed to be a judicial officer that the case be withdrawn.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!

bid4rich: Kogi and juju, na wa for them o, wetin the small girl do na?

Yor.uba.h winchy winchy

The deep frezeer must definitely be more than 10ft for her not to have been able to come out. May her soul RIP. poor girl

A 10yr old would conveniently enter a freezer and come out. How much more a 13 yr old girl. The world is definitely coming to an end faster than we think

Dis whole thing be like detective series for dstv .Never new Naija sef don sabi investigate body wey freeze wey dem come bury! They should just complete the whole process and findout what exactly happen and make sure the people involve are arrested and dealt with. I still suspect the girl's family. Too many loop holes.