A horrific crime has shaken the community in Ilorin, Kwara State, as a final-year student of the Kwara State College of Education, Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde, was brutally murdered and dismembered by her boyfriend.
According to reports, Yetunde, who went missing on Monday, February 10, 2025, was killed by her boyfriend, whom she met on social media. The suspect, who has been arrested by the police, allegedly dismembered Yetunde’s body for ritual purposes.
Yetunde’s disappearance was reported to the Oja Oba Police Station in Ilorin by her parents on Tuesday. The police used her phone number to track her last call, which led them to the suspect’s location in the Offa Garage District area of Ilorin.
This gruesome murder adds to the growing list of women who have been allegedly killed by their boyfriends in recent months. In a similar incident, 32-year-old Timilehin Ajayi was accused of killing his girlfriend, Salome Adaidu, and severing her head earlier this year. Another case involves the murder of makeup artist Emrich Effanga, allegedly by her boyfriend, Ndifreke, in Akwa Ibom.
The police have assured that the suspect will face justice, but the community remains shaken by the brutal nature of the crime.
