Police arrest suspected ritualist with fresh human head in Abeokuta

The Ogun State Police Command in Ogun has arrested a suspected ritualist identified as Taiwo Yemitan, found with a fresh human head and dismembered body parts of a female victim in the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta.

Penpushing reports that the Command Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola, made this known in a statement on Sunday, explaining that the suspect admitted to knowing the deceased, identified as Darasimi, whom he lured to his residence with the intent to kill her.

The police spokesperson a superintendent of police, added that the 45-year-old suspect was arrested around 1:40 a.m. on Sunday in his home behind Atinsola Petrol Station, Sanni, in Abeokuta, explaining that the police acted on a tip-off from Agbekoya and the vigilante operatives, local security outfits before the suspect was arrested.

‘The suspect admitted to knowing the deceased, identified as Darasimi, whom he lured to his residence with the intent to kill her. He confessed to the murder, naming two other individuals, Kehinde Yemitan and one Kazeem, as accomplices in the criminal act. Their intention was to sell the victim’s head and other body parts’, Odutola said.

Penpushing further report that she explained that the dismembered body had been taken to the morgue at General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, for post-mortem, stressing that efforts were underway to arrest the accomplices and to locate the victim’s relatives.

The police command image maker added that the suspect would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for a thorough investigation, recalling that a similar incident occurred early in the year where a suspect, Azeez Adebayo, confessed to killing three ladies whom he and his accomplices lured through hook-up arrangements.

Penpushing also reports that Odutola, however, warned young ladies to stop “hookup” and be contented, pointing out that high number of girls on “hookup” are slaughtered for rituals and equally urged parents to look after their daughters and also give them thorough training in order not to fall victim.

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