A High Court in Kwara State has found Islamic cleric Abdulrahman Mohad, also known as Mohammed A. Bello, guilty and sentenced him to death.
He was convicted for the murder of Lawal Hafsoh Yetunde, a final-year student at Kwara State College of Education, in a ritual killing.
Justice Hannah Ajayi delivered the judgment on Thursday at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin.
Four others—41-year-old Islamic scholar Ahmed Abulwasiu from Adualere, Ilorin; 28-year-old Neo Life business operator Sulaiman Muhydeen from Amilegbe, Ilorin; 29-year-old phone technician Jamiu Uthman from Adualere, Ilorin; and 31-year-old farmer AbdulRahman Jamiu from Elemere, Malete—were acquitted and released.
The crime happened on Monday, February 10, 2025, after Hafsoh received a call while attending a naming ceremony and then went missing.
Her disappearance led to an urgent search by loved ones and a police report filed the next day at Oja Oba Station in Ilorin.
Police investigators used her call records to track the last contact, which led to the arrest of Abdulrahman Mohad.
According to the police First Information Report, the suspects admitted they were part of the same occult group and confessed to robbing and killing Hafsoh for ritual reasons.
