Osun State Police Police Command has arrested one Taiwo Yemitan, a suspected ritualist found with a fresh human head and dismembered body parts of a female victim in Lafenwa area of Abeokuta.
The Command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Odutola notes 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.
According to her, the police acted on a tip off from the state local security outfits, the Agbekoya and the vigilante operatives, 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 as Kehinde Yemitan and one Kazeem, as accomplices in the criminal act.
“Their intention was to sell the victims head and other body parts,” she said.
The police spokesperson explained that the dismembered body had been taken to the morgue at General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, for post-mortem.
She noted that efforts were underway to arrest the accomplices and to locate the victim’s relatives.
Odutola added that the suspect would be transfered to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for a thorough investigation.
She added that similar incident occured early in the year where a suspect, Azeez Adebayo, confessed to killing three ladies whom him and his accomplices lured through hook up arrangements.
She warned young ladies to stop hookup and be contented, saying that high number of girls on hookup are slaughtered for rituals.
She urged parents to look after their daughters and also give them thorough training in order not to fall victims.
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