The police say the victim was the clientTiamiyu, who, after murdering her, dismembered her. He put her remains in a sack and dumped her decomposing body by a stream.
A cleric, Abass Tiamiyu, in Oyo State, has been arrested for murdering a woman he was supposed to be providing spiritual consultations.
His other accomplice, managed to escape, leaving Tiamiyu to bear the cup of their deeds alone.
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The Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Friday ordered that the cleric, Tiamiyu be remanded in prison custody for the murder of the woman, the 26-year-old Barakat Belahu.
The police charged Tiamiyu with conspiracy and murder. His other accomplice is at large.
Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Idowu did not take the plea of Tiamiyu for want of jurisdiction.
The magistrate said the remand was pending the outcome of legal advice from the Oyo Ministry of Justice.
He adjourned the matter until July 19 for mention.
Prosecution counsel Olusegun Adegboye told the court that Tiamiyu and a suspect at large between May 10 and May 11, at Oyetoro community, Oroki area, Oyo, caused the death of the victim Barakat Belahu, 25.
”The victim was a client of the defendant. After murdering her, he dismembered her. He put her remains in a sack and dumped her decomposing body by a stream,” said the police.
(NAN)