Abdusalam Ibrahim, The prime suspect in the gruesome murder of Dr Obisike Donald Ibe, a 37-year-old medical doctor working at Zenith Lab and Kidney Centre in Abuja, has claimed that he personally macheted Dr Obisike at his Games Village home because he tried to force him into a ‘homosexual act’ with him.
Abdusalam Ibrahim, Fidelis Ezekiel, and Philemon Hussaini were the three suspects in the murder of Dr. Obisike.
Dr. Obidike sent his friend Mr. Ezekiel Edoja, both of whom live at D22, 24 streets in Games Village, to the house where the incident occurred in December 2021.
CP Sunday Babaji, the FCT Police Commissioner, paraded the trio, together with 16 others, on Tuesday for different criminal violations in the FCT.
“Since receiving information of the Games Village murders, the FCT Police Command has deposited the corpse at the mortuary and launched on an active manhunt in the middle of painstaking investigations,” CP Babaji stated.
“A vehicle and an envelope containing around $1,000, the deceased doctor’s mobile phone, and the ATM card used to withdraw money to the tune of two million naira from the deceased account on December 13, 2021 were also carted away by the perpetrators of the atrocious deed.”
“Following the above, 3 suspects namely Abdusalam Ibrahim aged 26, Fidelis Ezekiel aged 27 and Philemon Hussaini aged 22, have been arrested in connection to the case.
“The suspects upon interrogation confessed to have plotted and committed the offence. The suspects will be charged to court upon the conclusion of the investigation.
But speaking with reporters, Ibrahim who hails from Kaduna state said, “I used Cutlass to kill him. The doctor is a homosexual. He wanted to force me to have sex, I refused. He held on to my clothes and was trying to remove my clothes. When I refused, he started abusing me.
“I later called my friends to the house to come to help me pack my load. The doctor bought a lot of drinks and I became very high. I and my friends then tied the doctor and his friend. When my friends went out of the room, I came back with a Cutlass and macheted doctor because of what he wanted to do to me which I didn’t like.
Asked to throw more light on how the doctor tried to force him into the homosexual act, Abdusalam who is a Cleaner said, “He came to my room and asked me to massage him. I told him I can’t do massage. He said he will pay me, that I should name any amount and I refused.
Other suspects were arrested for kidnapping offences, vehicle snatching, homicide, cultism, armed robbery, robbery of petrol filling station and illegal possession of firearms among others.
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