By Maureen Ikpeama
Police in Ogun in the early hours of Saturday 29th of January 2022 arrested Three young boys between 17 and 20 years for alledgedly, killing a girlfriend of their friend for a money-making ritual.
In a statement, the Police public relations officer of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that the suspects, Wariz Oladehinde, 17 years, Abdul Gafar Lukman 19 years and Mustakeem Balogun 20 years, were arrested following a tip-off at Adatan divisional headquarters from the head of the community security guard, that the suspects were seen burning something suspected to be human head in a local pot.
Upon the information, the DPO Adatan division, SP Abiodun Salau, quickly led his detectives to the scene, where the three suspects were arrested, while the fourth one happened to be the boyfriend of the murdered girl who escaped. On interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed that what they were burning in the local port is the head of the girlfriend of their escaped accomplice.
They confessed that the girl, simply identified as Rofiat was lured by her boyfriend simply identified as SSolidto where she was murdered by four of them, after which they cut off her head packed the remains in a sack, and dumped it in an old building.
They subsequently led policemen to the building, where the dismembered body was recovered and deposited at General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
The short cutlass and a knife used in cutting off the deceased head were also recovered.
Speaking on the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State police command, Lanre Bankole, described the action of the suspects as ha eight of callousness. He ordered f massive manhunt for the fleeing boyfriend of the victim by name of Sof oliu.
The CP also ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation with the view to arraign them in court as soon as possible.
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