Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested five members of a ritualist gang who have been exhuming corpses from their graves and removing parts of their bodies for ritual purposes.
The suspects; Oshole Fayemi, 60, Osemi Adesanya 39, Ismaila Seidu 30, Oseni Oluwasegun 69, and Lawal Olaiya 50 were arrested, following information received by the Police at Odogbolu divisional headquarters, the gang who are responsible for series of corpse exhumation within Ososa community were planning somewhere within the town to carry out another round of human parts harvest.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement in Abeokuta.
According to Mr. Oyeyemi. 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 the such corpse to their standby buyers who needed them for money-making rituals.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation and possible prosecution.
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