The Ogun State Police Command has nabbed a seven-member gang specializing in the gruesome trade of selling human body parts for rituals.
Commissioner Abiodun Olamutu, speaking on Thursday, disclosed that the recovered evidence included a human heart and two containers filled with human remains.
Among the apprehended individuals were Moses Abidemi, Oluwo Monday, Prophet Peter Akiwunmi Ifatosin, Jamiu Yusuf, Sheriff Agbai, and Osojieahen Alioneitoura.
The investigation was triggered when the Onipanu Divisional Police Office received a report about a missing woman, Ms Sulaiimon Adijat, who had been lured out on a date by Adebayo Azeez.
The suspects were allegedly engaged in a money ritual known as Oshole , with the aim of generating N200 million within a seven-day timeframe.
Peter, one of the accused, was tasked with delivering the lady’s mutilated body parts, including the head, two breasts, vagina, and two wrists, for use in the ritual.
Olamutu said:
“Despite frantic efforts to locate her whereabouts, her mobile phone has been switched off since the day she was reported missing.
“Consequently, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the command was drafted to unravel the mystery behind her disappearance and a technical-based investigation was embarked on.
“Oluwo Monday charged the duo of Agbai and Alioneitouria N800,000 to prepare the materials for the ritual.
“Oluwo Monday, in furtherance of his criminal intention, later contacted one Peter, who was not new in the trade of human parts, to source for a lady between the age of 18 and 20 years.
“However, on January 10, Sheriff and Osojieahen collected the ritual money from Oluwo and travelled back to their location in Edo State.
“Trouble started when Osojieahen used the ritual element as directed by Oluwo, and complained bitterly that it failed to yield the expected sum of 200 million in seven days.
“A search was conducted in the shrine of Moses on Feb. 3 and 10, where female handbags, two cement sacks containing human bones were recovered.”
