MICHAEL AKINOLA
A 45-year old suspected ritualist, Lekan Akinyemi, has been arrested by Police operatives from the Ogun State Command for allegedly being in possession of a human head exhumed from a gravesite in the State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Isale Itoko, Abeokuta town.
The arrest was made on Monday at about 3:50pm by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Adatan Division following a report to the Police over the tempering of a gravesite.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the arrest and stated that one Nojeem (surname withheld), reported at the Police station that on Sunday, 23rd June, 2024, at about 8am, one of his siblings alerted him about unusual activities at their late father’s gravesite at Isale Itoko, Abeokuta.
When the gravesite was inspected, the complainant said he found that their father’s head had been removed by unknown person(s).
The image maker stated that further inquiries led to the identification of the suspect, who was discovered to have been the one who dug the grave and severed the head of the buried corpse.
SP Odutola stated that the suspect was arrested and detained at the station for interrogation over his alleged conduct.
Odutola stated that the case would be handed over to the Anti-Robbery Unit for preliminary investigation before it would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation.
She stated that the suspect will be charged before the Court for the alleged offence under the Criminal Laws of the State but that will be after the conclusion of investigations by the Police.