Suspected ritualist arrested with fresh human head in Ogun

Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested one Taiwo Yemitan with a fresh human head and dismembered body parts in the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta.

The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta.

She said the 45-year-old suspect was arrested at 1:40 a.m. on Sunday at his home in the state capital.

Odutola said: “The suspect admitted to knowing the deceased identified as Darasimi, who he lured to his residence with the intent to kill her.

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“He confessed to the murder, naming two other individuals, Kehinde Yemitan and one Kazeem, the second name unknown as an accomplice in the criminal act.

“They intended to sell the victim’s head and other body parts.”

She said the dismembered body had been taken to the General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta morgue for a post-mortem examination.

She said efforts to arrest the accomplice and to locate the victim’s relatives are ongoing.

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