By Abimbola Ogunnaike
Five suspected members of a gang that specialised in exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for ritual purposes have been arrested by the police in Ogun State
The State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Sunday, 12 March, 2023 announced that the suspects: Oshole Fayemi, 60; Oseni Adesanya, 39; Ismaila Seidu, 30; Oseni Oluwasegun, 69; and Lawal Olaiya, 50; were arrested on Saturday, 11 March, 2023 in Odogbolu.
According to Opeyemi, the suspects were nabbed following a tip-off that led the Divisional Police Officer of Odogbolu Division, Godwin Idehai and his men to their hideout shortly before they embark on another human parts harvest in Ososa town.
The police image-maker said the suspects confessed they were in the business of exhuming corpses from graves.
“They said that they usually sell the exhumed body parts to their clients who used them for money-making rituals,” Opeyemi said, adding that the state Commissioner of Police Frank Mba has directed the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.
