Man kills sister over plot of land

A member of the Eiye Confraternity and
Jehovah’ s Witness , Adeola Omotayo, 28 , has
killed his sister, Omotayo Rukayat Adedapo , 30,
after a minor disagreement over a plot of land .
The incident happened at Rukayat ’ s residence ,
22, Pasoku Street, Aga area of Ikorodu , Lagos,
southwest Nigeria .
Preliminary investigation revealed that Rukayat
was murdered in her room by her brother , who
sells building materials at Sawmill in Itamaga ,
on Monday at about 6 p. m. , after they had an
argument over the ownership of the piece of
land .
P. M. NEWS gathered that the night before the
murder (Sunday ), Adeola and his wife had
visited Rukayat and eaten in her house .
Friends of the deceased said Adeola only visited
to know where his sister stays since they had
not been talking to each other in the last two
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Rukayat was later found dead by her fiancé on
Tuesday 15 July , at about 8: 30 p. m.
A resident of the street who pleaded anonymity
said she was found dead by her boyfriend when
he came visiting after trying to reach her to no
avail.
“ We got to know of her death Tuesday night ,
over 24 hours after she was murdered. Her
boyfriend only came to visit her on his way
back from work when he found her dead and
raised the alarm ,” she told P . M. NEWS Friday
morning.
After his arrest and interrogation by the police ,
Adeola said that he did not kill his sister
intentionally .
“ I didn ’ t have the intention of killing her , she
was my sister. If I wanted to kill her , I wouldn ’ t
leave the knife at the scene and I would wear a
glove to prevent my finger prints . The incident
happened when we were dragging , ” he
confessed.
Adeola said the news that he killed his sister
along with his cult members is not true because
he has renounced his cult membership and is
now a member of Jehovah ’ s Witness .
Investigation by P . M. NEWS revealed that his
church is also at Itamaga , Ikorodu .
Rukayat ’ s younger brother , Abideen Omotayo ,
said he did not believe Adeola killed their sister
alone and would want the police to further
investigate the matter.
“ I have an inkling he did not kill our sister
alone . He used to be a member of Eiye
Confraternity when he was studying at Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology , LAUTECH, but
was expelled around 2008 because of his
involvement in cultism,” Abideen said.
A source at the Igbogbo Divisional Police
Station , who did not want his name mentioned ,
said the case would be transferred to SCID ,
Panti, Yaba, Friday for further investigation .
A message sent to the Lagos State Command
Police Public Relations Officer , Ngozi Braide , for
confirmation has not be replied as at the time of
filing this report.
Information gathered further revealed that the
late Rukayat who attended Ikorodu Grammar
School, studied Transportation Management at
LAUTECH, where she also did her Masters in
2013.
Rukayat , who was the class representative
during her undergraduate year.

culled PMNews