We gave him rat poison because he saw our faces – Two teenage brothers narrate how they abducted, killed neighbour’s 8-year-old son in Oyo

Officers of the Oyo State Police have arrested two teenage brothers, Waliu Abd Razaq and Iliaz Abdul Razaq alongside their father, AbdulRasaq Padun, for the abduction and murder of an 8-year-old boy, identified as Raheem Bamimore.

Raheem was declared missing on Friday, March 4, 2022, in Saki town but was later found dead in an uncompleted building along Ogbooro road, in Al-Barka area two days later.

It was reported that the 8-year-old came back home from school around 12:30pm on that fateful Friday, dropped his backpack and rushed out.

His parents had declared him missing after he didn’t return home. “They said they had thought that maybe he forgot something at school but he never returned home,” a source said.

According to the deceased’s twin brother, they were already at the gate of their parent’s house, when some guys in the neighborhood beckoned to his brother for a conversation before he entered into the house. When the body of the boy was discovered, residents made a distress call to Amotekun Corps operatives who arrested the suspects on Monday, March 7.

One of the suspects, AbdulRasaq upon interrogation confessed that they had the intent of kidnapping AbdulRaheem to get money from his father, by luring him to a building. Unfortunately for them, the boy recognised their faces as they live in the same neighbourhood. For the fear that AbdulRaheem could easily reveal to his parents how he had been manhandled and tied up, the other accomplice, Waliu who is AbdulRasaq’s brother, gave the boy rat poison to drink.

During interrogation, Iliaz Abdul Razaq, one of the suspects said: “We planned to kidnap him and demand ransom from the deceased Father because he’s rich. My brother, Waliu Abd Razaq lured him to one uncompleted building with a mango. I told him to release him because he’s still a minor. But Waliu ignored me and told me that he can’t release him because he already saw his face. So, after some time, he later gave Raheem rat poison and killed him.”