Suspected cultist,18, hacks businessman to death in Ondo

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - Operatives of the Ondo State Police command have arrested an 18-year-old suspected cultist, Suleiman Ahmed Dantata for the m8rder of a man, Raimi Ibrahim

The incident happened on March 28, 2025, at about 8:30pm at Elegbeka community via Ipele, Owo, Ose Local Government area of Ondo State.

Dantata, along with a 23-year-old accomplice, Ohi Usman, was accused of macheting the deceased to d3ath. 

It was learnt that Usman helped the suspect track the movements of the deceased on the tragic day. 

According to the deceased’s brother, Dantata had arrived at the deceased mother’s shop immediately after the breaking of the Ramadan. 

On sighting his target, he inflicted severe machete cuts on his neck, and ran away. 

The source further stated that the suspects had attempted to k!ll the deceased’s father but when his attempt to k!ll the man failed, he went after the deceased and hacked him to death.

The community youths, sympathetic to Ibrahim’s family, went on a rampage upon hearing the news of his death and ran after him and he was arrested.

Upon his arrest, the police subsequently arraigned the suspects before a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Oke Eda, Akure for alleged conspiracy and murder. 

The prosecutor, Josephine Awana, told the court that the defendant and his accomplice inflicted a machete cut on Ibrahim's neck, which led to his death.

The charge read: “That you, Dantata Suleiman Ahmed ‘m’ and on 28/3/2025, 8.30pm, at Elegbeka community via Ipele, Owo, in Magisterial District, conspired to commit felony to wit, m8rder and thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 324 of the Criminal Code, Law of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.” 

“That you, Dantata Suleiman Ahmed in the aforementioned Magisterial District did unlawfully macheted the neck of Raimi Ibrahim ‘m’ with a cutlass which resulted in his d3ath and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 316 and punishable under section 516 Vol.1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006."

The Chief Magistrate, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, who did not take the defendants' pleas, ordered that they should be remanded in Olokuta Correctional facility and adjourned the case to May 14, for ruling.