The police in Lagos have arrested a cleric, Mr. Isiaka
Akanbi, for allegedly killing a 62-year-old woman, Raliatu
Kareem.
The police also accused Akanbi of stealing the deceased’s
wallet and other personal effects.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Akanbi, popularly called Alfa,
had a traditional healing centre on Lawani Street, in the
Olodi Apapa area of Lagos.
Our correspondent learnt that Kareem, who hails from
Ilorin, Kwara State, had known Akanbi for about 20 years
as she was a close customer of his.

It was gathered that on Saturday, October 25, Kareem,
who lived on Ope-Ewe Street, Agbado Ijaiye, Lagos, went
to visit an elder sister, Risikatu Raheem, whose daughter
put to bed in the Olodi Apapa area.
She was said to have left Ijaiye after the monthly
environmental exercise was over, informing her 20-year-
old son, Abdullahi, of the visit to her sister.

Kareem reportedly stayed till around 6pm at her sister’s
place on Salubi Street before she headed for the Alfa’s
place.
Our correspondent learnt that two days after, Kareem did
not return home as she promised. The family became
apprehensive and went on her trail to the Olodi Apapa
area.

After failing to locate Kareem at the sister’s apartment,
some family members, who knew she was a friend of the
cleric, decided to check the Alfa’s place.
On getting to Akanbi’s centre, PUNCH Metro learnt that the
Alfa denied setting eyes on Kareem.

However, the family became suspicious when Akanbi
reportedly started packing his property, and preparing to
flee the house some hours later.
The family was said to have raised the alarm and headed
for the Tolu Police Station to report the incident. The
police later came to arrest Akanbi.

During interrogation, 55-year-old Akanbi told the police
that he did not kill the woman, adding that she died in his
place. Akanbi added that when he realised the woman was
dead, he buried her personal effects to erase any trace of
her in his house.
He also told the police that he took the corpse to Marine
Bridge, abandoning it there.

He said, “On the evening of October 26, it is true that she
visited me. We have been very good friends too. On that
day, she just collapsed and became unconscious. I quickly
rushed her to a nearby hospital, but I was shocked when
the nurses told me she had died.
“I got a NAPEP tricycle and took her corpse to the Marine
Bridge that same night and abandoned it there. I did not
want people to trace her corpse to me. When I got home, I
buried her wallet, handset, bangle and ring behind my
house.

“I did not kill her. I am an Alfa, I do favour charms for
traders. I met Raliatu in 1986. Since then, we have been
family friends. She used to come to my place for
consultation and I had been to her house too.”
One of Kareem’s children, Abdullahi, said the family
wanted Akanbi to produce the corpse of their mother so
that they could bury her appropriately.

He said, “I have seen the man in our house a number of
times. But he said she died in his house and he now took
her corpse to Marina Bridge and abandoned it. We want
him to produce that corpse so that we can bury her
appropriately.”

The family said Akanbi might have dumped Kareem’s
corpse in the lagoon as they could not find it on the
Marine Bridge where Akanbi claimed he had dropped it.
After contacting all relevant agencies in the state, the
family said the corpse had yet to be found.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the case.
He said, “The case has been transferred to the State
Criminal Investigations Department, Yaba, for further
investigation.”

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nigerianewsbeat:
The police in Lagos have arrested a cleric, Mr. Isiaka
Akanbi, for allegedly killing a 62-year-old woman, Raliatu
Kareem.
The police also accused Akanbi of stealing the deceased’s
wallet and other personal effects.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Akanbi, popularly called Alfa,
had a traditional healing centre on Lawani Street, in the
Olodi Apapa area of Lagos.
Our correspondent learnt that Kareem, who hails from
Ilorin, Kwara State, had known Akanbi for about 20 years
as she was a close customer of his.

It was gathered that on Saturday, October 25, Kareem,
who lived on Ope-Ewe Street, Agbado Ijaiye, Lagos, went
to visit an elder sister, Risikatu Raheem, whose daughter
put to bed in the Olodi Apapa area.
She was said to have left Ijaiye after the monthly
environmental exercise was over, informing her 20-year-
old son, Abdullahi, of the visit to her sister.

Kareem reportedly stayed till around 6pm at her sister’s
place on Salubi Street before she headed for the Alfa’s
place.
Our correspondent learnt that two days after, Kareem did
not return home as she promised. The family became
apprehensive and went on her trail to the Olodi Apapa
area.

After failing to locate Kareem at the sister’s apartment,
some family members, who knew she was a friend of the
cleric, decided to check the Alfa’s place.
On getting to Akanbi’s centre, PUNCH Metro learnt that the
Alfa denied setting eyes on Kareem.

However, the family became suspicious when Akanbi
reportedly started packing his property, and preparing to
flee the house some hours later.
The family was said to have raised the alarm and headed
for the Tolu Police Station to report the incident. The
police later came to arrest Akanbi.

During interrogation, 55-year-old Akanbi told the police
that he did not kill the woman, adding that she died in his
place. Akanbi added that when he realised the woman was
dead, he buried her personal effects to erase any trace of
her in his house.
He also told the police that he took the corpse to Marine
Bridge, abandoning it there.

He said, “On the evening of October 26, it is true that she
visited me. We have been very good friends too. On that
day, she just collapsed and became unconscious. I quickly
rushed her to a nearby hospital, but I was shocked when
the nurses told me she had died.
“I got a NAPEP tricycle and took her corpse to the Marine
Bridge that same night and abandoned it there. I did not
want people to trace her corpse to me. When I got home, I
buried her wallet, handset, bangle and ring behind my
house.

“I did not kill her. I am an Alfa, I do favour charms for
traders. I met Raliatu in 1986. Since then, we have been
family friends. She used to come to my place for
consultation and I had been to her house too.”
One of Kareem’s children, Abdullahi, said the family
wanted Akanbi to produce the corpse of their mother so
that they could bury her appropriately.

He said, “I have seen the man in our house a number of
times. But he said she died in his house and he now took
her corpse to Marina Bridge and abandoned it. We want
him to produce that corpse so that we can bury her
appropriately.”

The family said Akanbi might have dumped Kareem’s
corpse in the lagoon as they could not find it on the
Marine Bridge where Akanbi claimed he had dropped it.
After contacting all relevant agencies in the state, the
family said the corpse had yet to be found.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the case.
He said, “The case has been transferred to the State
Criminal Investigations Department, Yaba, for further
investigation.”

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If you ar not intellectually retarded, you would have known the differrence btwn pastor and alfa

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If you ar not intellectually retarded, you would have known the differrence btwn pastor and alfa