How Couple, Hired Assassin, Allegely Killed 45-Year-Old Man In Ikorodu
By Felix Kuyinu
A man, Sunday Sojunu and his wife, Toyin, alongside an accomplice, Dare Samson, in an alleged murder case have been remanded in prison custody over accusations of killing a male victim in Ikorodu.
The trio were put up for trial at the Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court in Lagos where the prosecution submitted that Sunday, the first accused, hired Dare to kill the deceased, Ayoola Bello, who met his wife on the social media.
The Prosecutor, Kehinde Olatunde, mentioned that the accused persons are facing a three-count charge bordering on murder, after which Sunday, 35, and Dare, 32, were remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Center, while Toyin, 31, was docked at the Kirikiri female Correctional Facility pending legal advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, for advice.
The court thereafter adjourned the case till Jan. 21, 2026.
Prior to the adjournment, Olatunde said that the defendants were arrested on December 8 and added, “The man’s wife, Toyin, a TikTok content creator, met the deceased, Mr. Ayoola Bello, on the social media platform. Both became friends and were eager to meet physically.
“On Sept. 15, while pretending to her husband that she was traveling to Cotonou, Benin Republic, Toyin traveled instead to Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, to visit the deceased. She spent two days with him at an undisclosed hotel.
“Thereafter, the couple allegedly fell critically ill and could not find a remedy for their unabated ailment, which was said to have been caused by the wife’s infidelity. She later openly confessed to her husband that she had cheated on him and sought forgiveness.”
The prosecutor mentioned further that the husband then pressured his wife to lure the 45-year-old deceased to their house in Ikorodu, and added, “Before then, the husband had hired the accomplice, a notorious cultist and hired killer who has been on the police wanted list for some time, to assist him in killing the deceased.
“They held the man in captivity and collected a N200,000 ransom from his family before tying his hands and legs and torturing him. They forced him to drink Sniper, which led to his death.
“His limbs were decimated and packed into sacks separate from the torso, which were then transported via motorbike to Adamo Junction, where the body parts were dumped into the river,” he said.
According to him, the offences, the offences contravene Sections 165, 222, and 233 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015
