Amotekun nab two suspected ritualists in Ogun state
The Ogun State Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, have arrested two suspected ritualists found with dismembered human parts in a casket in Ijebu-Igbo town of the state.
Penpushing reports that, Commander of the Network, Commander David Akinremi made this known, and gave identities of the suspects as include:,Toheeb Talabi and Dare Banjo,adding that they were arrested on Monday when some residents saw them taking a casket into a herbalist’s house.
The Commander who is a retired commissioner of police explained that the suspects were apprehended following a tip-off that some persons were sighted bringing in a casket in the middle of the night.
Penpushing further reports that, Akinremi said his officers immediately mobilised to the scene, where they had saw Banjo, the herbalist and the casket was found in his house and the offensive odour oozing from the it triggered suspicion.
The Amotekun boss added that the casket contained a dismembered, headless corpse, adding that the suspects confessed the corpse was meant for money ritual, before they were handed over to the police.
“At about 8 p.m. of yesterday, November 1st, 2021, Amotekun operatives in Ijebu Igbo received an information that some persons were sighted bringing in a casket into a house in Fara area of the town’, Akinremi said.
“The operatives quickly mobilised to the scene and on arrival, they discovered that the building is the residence of one Dare Banjo, who is a herbalist. A casket was seen at a corner of a room in the house and the stench from the casket triggered suspicion. The herbalist, Dare Banjo, was then asked to open the casket’, he added.
“Behold, inside the casket was a dismembered corpse, without head, of a suspected male victim of ritual killing by the herbalist and his cohorts. Hence the said Dare Banjo and of his accomplice named Toheeb Talubi were immediately arrested. The two suspects who confirmed the corpse was for money rituals have been handed over to the police for further investigation”
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