Ten years after an employee of Addax Petroleum
Company was kidnapped and later found dead,
one of the perpetrators of the heinous crime, Mr.
Godwin Edet Okon, 35, from Efiat, in Mbo local
council, has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom
State Police Command.
Parading the suspect, the state Police
Commissioner, Mr. Murtala Mani, speaking
through the command’s Public Relations Officer,
Cordelia Nwawe, expressed joy that the suspect
has finally been found investigation after so many
years of painstaking search.
The suspect, who was arrested with two human
skulls, confessed to committing the crime, adding
that he also claimed to be the head of a
confraternity known as DYBAM Confraternity,
operating in the area with the headquarters in
Oron Local Council.
“Since 2006, the police have been investigating the
case of a man who died from Addax field in Mbo.
We have been looking for the young men who
kidnapped that man. Fortunately, we have been
able to find a particular man by name Godwin
Edet Okon.
“He has confessed to the 2006 crime of a man,
who died in their custody having been kidnapped.
He said he is the head of a confraternity known as
DYBAM. On searching his house, two human skulls
were found and four locally-made guns,” she said.
Speaking with journalists, the suspect affirmed his
headship of the DYBAM Confraternity, adding that
the human skulls symbolise his being the number
one (leader) of the group. According to him, he
has been the leader of the group since 2006.
On the death of the Addax Petroleum Company
employee, he confirmed that he was aware of the
incident that led to the death of the man, but said
it was a community matter that led to his dead.
In another development, the Kwara State
Command of the Nigeria Police has dismissed
from service a corporal, Mr. Daramola Tosin, of
Ekiti Police Division for allegedly withdrawing
N300,000 from an inspector, Mr. Lateef Shuaib,
shooting him to death and burying him in a bush
near Osi Police Station in Ekiti.
Besides, the command also arraigned him
yesterday at a magistrate court in Ilorin.
According to the First Information Report (FIR) in
Ilorin, Shuaib’s sister, Sherifat Hammed, reported
on May 10 this year, to the Osi Police Station that
her brother had been missing since May 6 this
year.
Hammed also reported that she suspected Tosin,
adding that her elder brother, told her that when
he was sick, he gave Tosin his Automated Teller
Machine (ATM) card, based on trust, to be
withdrawing money from his account at UBA on
his behalf.
The FIR further quoted Hameed as saying that
Tosin dishonestly started transferring money
from Shuaib’s account, in piece meal, without the
now late inspector’s knowledge and consent and
withdrew in the process a sum of N300,000.
The police prosecutor, Mr. James Odaodu, told
the magistrate, Nurudeen Adeyanju, that the
offence of the murder was capital in nature,
adding that it was not ordinarily bailable. He
pleaded with the court to remand the accused in
prison custody.
Adeyanju, did not take plea of the accused but
said the magistrate court lacked jurisdiction to
hear the matter as it involved a murder charge.
The magistrate ordered that Tosin be remanded
at the Federal Prisons, Mandalla in Ilorin and
adjourned the case till Tuesday, June 21 for
further mention.




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