Ogun Police arrest Five who specialise in exhuming corpses for ritual purpose
Men of Ogun State police command have arrested five suspected ritualists who specialise in exhuming corpses from their graves and removing parts of their bodies for ritual purpose.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, SP, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday .
Oyeyemi said the suspects ; Oshole Fayemi, 60, Osemi Adesanya 39, Ismaila Seidu 30, Oseni Oluwasegun 69 and Lawal Olaiya 50 were arrested at their hideouts while planning to carry out another operation .
Salient Times gathered that the gang members were arrested on Saturday following an information received by the Police at Odogbolu divisional headquarters, that the gang was planning to carry out another round of human parts harvest.
He said the suspects were responsible for series of corpse exhumation within Ososa community in Odogbolu local government area of the state.
Oyeyemi said “upon the information, the DPO Odogbolu division, CSP Godwin Idehai, mobilised his men and stormed the suspects’ hideout where five of them were apprehended.
“On interrogation, the suspects made confessional statements that they were actually into the business of exhuming corpses from their graves, and that they used to sell parts of such corpse to their standby buyers who need it for money making rituals.”
Oyeyemi however, added that the Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation and possible prosecution.
