The suspects
For allegedly cutting off the breasts and killing a 16-year-old
girl identified as Olayinka, the gallant operatives of the Ogun State
Police Command have arrested a herbalist, Tunde Banjo, and an alfa,
Nurudeen Adeniyi, in Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of
the state.
According to a report by Punch Metro, the police also arrested
19-year-old Tobi Ogunkoya, who was suspected to have lured Olayinka into
the hands of Banjo and Adeniyi, who were said to have been arrested by
policemen from the Ago Iwoye and Ijebu Igbo divisions on Tuesday.
Confirming the tragic incident to correspondents, the state acting
Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that said
at about 2.30pm, one Serifat Adebanjo reported Olayinka’s abduction to
the police in Ago Iwoye station, alleging that Ogunkoya was a suspect in
the abduction.
The Police PRO revealed that acting on the information, the police
stormed a house in Imosan community and apprehended Ogunkoya, who
confessed that Olayinka was in the custody of Banjo in Ijebu Igbo.
Oyeyemi disclosed that upon his arrest, Tobi took policemen to the
home of Banjo in Ijebu Igbo, where they met him with the Alfa, and they
were arrested, adding that two fresh human hearts and a live tortoise
were allegedly found in their possession.
He said Banjo onfessed to the police that the girl had been killed,
her breasts and other vital organs severed, while her remains were
thrown into the Ogbere River, in the Ijebu East Local Government area of
the state.
“The Police have arrested Banjo, a herbalist, and Adeniyi, an
alfa in Ijebu Igbo. Banjo said they have killed the girl and body dumped
inside the Ogbere River. The police are working to retrieve the corpse.
Two human hearts and one live tortoise were a recovered from the
suspects,” he said.
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