Osun State Police Command has commenced investigations into the cause of death of an Islamic Cleric, Kazeem Lasisi, whose lifeless body was found floating at Owala River in the state.
Spokesperson of the State Police command, SP Yemisi Opalola who revealed that the corpse of the missing Islamic cleric was found floating on the Owala River, said it had launched a manhunt for a particular friend of the deceased cleric.
“The police has launched a hunt on prime suspect identified as Ibrahim, who reportedly left with the deceased to an unknown destination in Orolu town on that faithful day.
According to police sources in Ifon town, the prime suspect and the deceased left for an undisclosed location last Friday, and they were not seen again until Lasisi’s corpse was found floating on the river on Saturday.
A resident who pleaded anonymity confirmed that he was present at the scene when the body was retrieved from the river.
He said, “Relations of Lasisi that reported the matter to the hunters and police said one of his friends came to pick him up at home on Friday, but he (Lasisi), didn’t return home since then and his family has been apprehensive.
“Everybody taught that maybe Lasisi was inside his room, praying, but when they opened the door to his room, he was nowhere to be found.
“The matter was reported to the police and hunters that they saw Lasisi’s mobile phone and the luggage he wanted to travel with inside his room.
“Some people said they called the mobile phone number of his friend who came to pick him up, Ibrahim, and he told them he was already in Benin (Edo State).
“This led residents to organise a search and later found the corpse of the deceased floating on River Owala.”
