A 49-year-old man identified as Ganiyu Shina has been arrested by the Ogun state Police Command for bathing with blood at a community river in the Kotopo area of Odeda local government.
The suspect of No 4, Oguji street, Obantoko Abeokuta, was arrested on Thursday, December 15 after being sighted by members of the community at a River Bank, where he parked his Nissan commercial vehicle, came out with a local sponge and a container filled with blood and started bathing with it.
It was gathered that Immediately he discovered that some people were watching him, he took to his heels, but was chased and apprehended by members of the community.
A call was made to the police at Aregbe divisional headquarters by a member of the community, and the DPO, SP Bunmi Asogbon quickly led the patrol team to the scene, from where the suspect was brought to the station.
On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have a spiritual problem, and that a herbalist instructed him to perform the ritual. He claimed further that the blood in his possession is not human, but that of a cow.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the remaining blood should be taken for laboratory analysis, to ascertain whether it is human blood or not.
He added that the police boss has also praised members of the community for not taking laws into their hands and assured them that the suspect will be properly investigated.
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