Police extradite Killaboi from Qatar over ‘murder’ of girlfriend

Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo, also known as Killaboi, has been extradited to Nigeria.

Nnanyereugo was declared wanted by the Nigerian police in 2023 for allegedly killing his girlfriend.

Muyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), said Killaboi was returned from Doha, Qatar in the early hours of Saturday.

“The fugitive who had been on the run for the murder of Miss Augusta Oseodion Onuwabhagbe, was returned to the country in the early hours of today, Saturday, 19th April 2025, through the coordinated efforts with the ministry of justice, INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), force headquarters Abuja and the Qatari judicial authorities,” the statement reads.

“The extradition followed a petition from the family of the deceased, submitted through their legal representatives, dated 29th September 2024.

“The matter was assigned to INTERPOL NCB Abuja for investigation. 

“Investigations revealed that the suspect, Benjamin Best Nnayereugo, murdered Miss Onuwabhagbe, a 21-year-old first-class student of Lead City University, Ibadan, at his residence located at No. 24A Abiola Apooyi Street, Oral Estate, Ajah, Lagos, on 13th July 2023.

“After committing the crime, he fled Nigeria and later released an online video purporting to confess to the act, a deceptive strategy to derail investigative efforts.”

Although the suspect was first arrested in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on October 20, 2023, Adejobi said he later escaped custody during a prison break on November 26, 2023.

The police added that Nnanyereugo had relocated to Qatar with a fake passport.

“The suspect was said to have relocated to Doha on January 24, 2025 with a false identity ‘Toure Abdoulaye’ and a fraudulent Guinean passport,” the statement added. 

“Through robust international cooperation and the use of advanced biometrics, INTERPOL NCB Abuja, in collaboration with INTERPOL NCB Doha, confirmed his identity, leading to his arrest by Qatari authorities in February 2025. 

“An official extradition request, processed via the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, was subsequently approved by the Qatari judicial authorities, resulting in his repatriation to Nigeria.”