Eight months after a 61-year-old retired instructor was discovered useless inside the bathroom of her house in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Police Command has arrested her alleged killer.
The sufferer, Mrs Adedotun Adeteju Oluwaseun, fondly known as Mama Teacher, was allegedly murdered at her residence in Agbaakin Emere, Bode-Olude, Abeokuta, on Friday, February 27, 2026, only a day after she returned from a retirement celebration organised by her colleagues.
Her lifeless physique was found on February 28, inside her rest room.
Following sustained investigation, the case was transferred from Bode-Olude to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Eleweran, resulting in the arrest of the principal suspect, Saburi Lateef Ayinde, popularly generally known as “OKI-OCEAN”, on October 19.
How It Happened – Suspect Confesses
In a confessional video obtained by DAILY POST, Ayinde gave a chilling account of how he killed the retired instructor over a monetary dispute.
He said that he had entrusted the deceased with ₦3.45 million for safekeeping and he or she had promised to lend him ₦1.55 million to buy a automobile.
“On the twenty seventh of February, Friday, I went to fulfill Mama Teacher at her house within the night at about 6pm and requested her concerning the cash. I’ve all the time been asking her about it,” he stated.
“I saved ₦3,450,000 with her and he or she promised so as to add ₦1,550,000 to it to make it ₦5 million so I can get a automobile. But once I saved asking, she saved dribbling me.”
According to him, an argument broke out when he demanded his a reimbursement.
“When I stated if she’s not keen to borrow me the cash, let her simply give me again my cash, she replied, ‘I’ll shout on you o, get out from my condo.'”
“I reminded her that she had promised to offer me my cash however she insisted she was going to shout on me. She went to the bathroom and I went to fulfill her there.”
The suspect confessed to having picked up a cutlass he noticed on the bottom and adopted the deceased behind.
“I held it and requested her to offer me my cash. As she was about popping out, I drew her again and I macheted her with the cutlass. I macheted her neck, hand, laps and he or she fell and I carried her, inserting her on the bathroom seat.”
He stated a neighbour was outdoors and he did not need anybody to see him, so he stayed again somewhat.
“She was making an attempt to speak, and I went to the parlour to take a seat. I used to be regretting my motion. I’m not glad that I killed her. I did not inform anybody about what occurred however I felt dangerous about it on daily basis.”
He additionally confessed to taking the deceased’s cellphone after noticing it had no password.
How Police Tracked Him
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi B. Babaseyi, stated detectives had been capable of set up and join information via the stolen cellphone.
“We may set up and join information because the cellphone was tracked and led us to the suspect.
“He will quickly be charged to courtroom when all information are cleared,” the picture maker added.
Babaseyi stated the Commissioner of Police, CP Bode Ojajuni, recommended the investigating officers for his or her persistence and professionalism.
The Command additionally enjoined residents to be safety acutely aware, keep away from taking legal guidelines into their palms, and resolve disputes lawfully.
“We enjoin the nice individuals of Ogun to be acutely aware about their safety, know who you communicate to or speak in confidence to. Don’t take legal guidelines into your palms as chances are you’ll remorse your motion. Be affected person and do not be fast to anger,” he added.
