How Doctor Organised Murder Of Billionaire Property Merchant

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

A British trained medical doctor, Dr. Daniel Ibeaji has opened up on how greed led him into organizing the murder of a Lagos based billionaire property merchant, Chief Ignatius Odunukwe.

Ibeaji, 42, and three others lured Odunukwe into a false transaction with the aim of making him part with a N900 million property he was about to sell without paying for it.

Odunukwe agreed a proposed date and location to meet with the suspect for the business transaction, a situation leading to the kidnap of the business mogul.

The suspects were said to have coerced the billionaire into signing the agreement for the transaction, after which he was reportedly strangled and injected with a lethal substance in a hotel room in Ajah.

While his corpse was dismembered and the parts were reportedly packed into a bag and dumped in a bush.

Narrating the circumstances surrounding the death of the billionaire, in an Instablog9ja post, a lawyer identified as Smart Law, “How the billionaire owner of Fireman Generator was murdered and his body stacked inside a bag.

“Chief Ignatius Odunukwe, who went missing since the first week of December 2019, has been found dead.

“The story had it that the billionaire was killed by his assailants, cut into pieces and his body packed into a Ghana-must-go bag, taken to the expressway and dumped inside a forest. The sum of N900m and original documents collected from him.

“Some criminals, who pretended to be land buyers, drew his attention requesting to purchase property since he had one for sale. The deal was concluded and having agreed on the purchase price, the agreement was drafted by his lawyer.

“Both parties agreed to meet on an agreed date and place for the exchange of money and signing of documents, that’s when the whole drama unfolded. Chief Odunukwe’s lawyers suggested going with him for the perfection of the deal, but he declined on the ground that he needed to see someone at Ikoyi Club and that was the last time he was seen alive.

“When the billionaire could not return home, his family reported the incident to the police and investigation commenced. It is always good to disclose your movements to your family. It was his lawyer who unveiled the whole deal to the police.”

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Command, Ahmed Iliyasu, at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, said that the police was informed about the sudden disappearance of Adunukwe by his  family.

Illiyasu disclosed that four suspects identified; Daniel Ibeaji, 42; Arinze Igwe, 26; Solomon Cletus, 30; and Israel Obigaremu, 35, were arrested in connection with the crime.

He stated that Dr. Ibeaji is the prime suspect, a medical doctor, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgery and member of Royal College of Surgeon in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Dr. Ibeaji was said to have injected the victim with a lethal substance, while another member of the gang hit him with an axe on the back of his head, leaving him unconscious.

He added that Dr. Ibeaji, the prime suspect, had been living on ill-gotten money as he is undergoing trial on two cases at the Apo High Court, Abuja.

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