A medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, has been arrested for allegedly injecting a cab driver, Emmanuel Agbovinuere, to death.
After perpetrating the crime, the medical officer was said to have dumped Agbovinuere’s corpse in a bush and stole the victim’s Toyota Voltron car.
The suspect drove the car to Osogbo in Osun State where he was arrested on Monday.
The crime was committed in Benin City, Edo State on September 3, 2022.
Dr. Adebowale works with the Kaiama General Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State as a medical officer. He is a graduate of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State.
The medical doctor was paraded on Wednesday by the Edo State Police Command in Benin.
The state command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, said: “The Edo State Police Command in an attempt to rid the state of crime and criminality arrested a medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, 36, for killing Emmanuel Agbovinuere, 39, a cab driver.
“The victim and the suspect met in July this year at an undisclosed hotel in Benin and that is where their relationship started. On Sunday, September 4, the suspect came from Kwara State and they met at the same hotel, where as a customer, he took him around to where he was to do his business.
“The cab man complained of leg pain and the doctor promised to help and injected some poisonous drugs in his system. That was what killed him instantly. For him to conceal the crime, he left the corpse in the man’s Toyota Voltron car, but later took the corpse to Ondo Road, Oluku, Edo State, and dumped the corpse there.
“When the Anti-Kidnapping Unit got notice of what happened, they mobilised and he was arrested in Osogbo, Osun State, with the deceased car.”
While being paraded by the police, Dr. Adebowale said: “I pray that the family find a place in their hearts to forgive me.”
