The Osun State Police Command has arrested four suspects who allegedly conspired and killed a 45-year-old woman for money ritual in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The spokesperson of the
command, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known during the parade of the suspects
in Osogbo on Friday, April 19, 2024.
Opalola said that the suspects’
arrest followed a report of a missing person lodged by the son of the woman at the
Apomu Police Division in Osun.
“On March 18, at 5:10p.m., a
complainant reported at Apomu Division that on March 13, at about 10:00am, his
mother, Usman Aminat, 45, left home for lyana Ajia-lbadan, Oyo State to pay a
visit to Onifade Oyekanmi,” the PPRO said.
"He stated that since his
mother left home, her cell phones were switched off and her whereabout was
unknown and that he strongly suspected that the said Oyekanmi, who is an
herbalist, knew about his mother’s disappearance.
“The said Onifade was
subsequently arrested and the case was transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation Department, Osogbo, Osun, for further and discreet
investigation.”
Opalola said the suspect’s confession led to the arrest of the three other suspects.
She said all the arrested
suspects confessed to the individual roles they played, revealing that they all
conspired to use the victim for money making rituals.
"Thereafter, search
warrants were executed on the houses and premises of the suspects where three
bottles containing black substance suspected to be burnt human parts, two
cutlasses, a big black clay pot and some black soaps were recovered,”
Opalola said that a female, a
neighbour to one of the suspects, who helped him conceal his own share of the
powder substance, was also arrested
She said that the lady was
later granted administrative bail because she is nursing a four-month old baby.
The police spokesperson said
the suspects narrated how they conspired and strangled the victim to death in
the house of Oyekanmi and dismembered her body.
"They confessed to have
mixed the intestine of their victim with that of the dog, pig, goat and other herbs
in a black clay pot and burnt everything to black powder which they shared
among themselves.
"Onifade equally added
that he burnt the two cell phones belonging to the deceased after killing her
to evade being traced,” Opalola added.
Opalola said the suspects would
be charged to court after the completion of investigation.
She admonished residents to
always give prompt and credible information/reports to the police and also
report every strange movement and strange people around them.
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