In the village of Oshoku, north of the Ijebu Local Government Area in Ogun State, a 20-year-old man identified simply as Ridwan is said to have killed his father, Ishau for ritual.
The above was according to a statement released on Friday by Commander Soji Ganzallo of the Ogun State Community Social Orientation and Safety Corps through Morhu Yusuf, Director of Information and Public Relations.
During a routine patrol by So-Safe Corps men around midnight on Thursday, the officers heard a strange noise in a particular building and decided to see what was going on.
There, the officers discovered the lifeless body of Ishau, but the suspect had fled the scene.
The statement read,
“At about 12:00hrs on Thursday, August 31, 2023, officers of the Corps on routine patrol heard a strange noise in a building while at Oshoku Village in Ijebu North Local Government Area.
“The Officers entered the building to confirm what was happening, but to the officers’ dismay, they found a man’s body lying lifeless in a pool of his own blood and the alleged killer fled the scene.”
On the commander’s orders, the Corps began searching for the suspected murderer, who was captured hiding in a bush.
The suspect confessed to killing his father for a ritual.
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The statement added:
“Ganzallo instructed the Zonal Commander, Ijebu Zonal Command, ACC Marcus Ayankoya, to get the suspected killer Ridwan arrested under 24hrs. The suspected killer was nabbed where he was hiding in a bush.
“He confessed to having killed his father, Ishau, with a rope tied to his neck and a knife used to remove the needed parts of his body for ritual purposes.
“The alleged killer told the officers of the corps that he only removed the private part, larynx, and just four teeth of his father as requested by a ritualist he identified as Baba Kekere.”
However, the Corps’ efforts to learn more about the ritualist whom the suspect ordered to obtain body parts for the ritual proved futile as the suspect did not disclose his whereabouts.
The suspect was therefore handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
Lastly, the statement read:
“Ganzallo further revealed that when he was asked about the whereabouts of the ritualist, he refused to give details.
“The alleged killer had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Ogbere Divisional Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.”
