Crime
Mortuary attendant, 6 others arrested in connection with missing items from corpses
Police operatives in Osun State have arrested seven suspected ritualist for allegedly being in possession of human body parts.
The suspects: Johnson Daniel, Adetunji Okunade, Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope Asimiyu, Oladapo Hammed, Kazeem Rasak and Asaka Rauf were arrested following a tip-off from a concerned citizen.
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The Deputy Police PRO Giwa-Alade Emmanuel, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the Command headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday, September 18. Emmanuel said suspected human bone fragments, female pants and note books were recovered as exhibits from the suspects at the point of arrest.
“The above-named suspects were arrested upon a credible information from a good-spirited individual that one Johnson Daniel, a mortuary attendant at Ipetu-Ijesa, sells portions of human remains deposited at the mortuary to native doctors,” Emmanuel revealed. He said that a female undergarment and a notebook containing ritual instructions were also found at the residence of Balogun Temitope Asimiyu.
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