Kazeem Owoseni
The Nigerian Police Force Ogun State Command, has nabbed a five-man gang of suspected ritualist, specialised in exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for ritual purposes.
The Public Relations officer for the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Sunday, announced that the suspects, Oshole Fayemi, 60, Oseni Adesanya, 39, Ismaila Seidu, 30, Oseni Oluwasegun, 69 and Lawal Olaiya, 50, were arrested on Saturday in Odogbolu.
According to him, their arrest came, following a tip-off that led the Divisional Police Officer of Odogbolu Division, Godwin Idehai and his men to their hideout shortly before they embark on another human parts harvest in Ososa town, in Ogun State.
DSP Oyeyemi, stated that the suspects confessed they were in the business of exhuming corpses from graves.
“They said that they usually sold the exhumed body parts to their clients who used them for money-making rituals,” he said.
However, the P.R.O revealed that, the state Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba has directed the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.
