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How 20-year-old Ogun Man Removed Father’s Private Part For Money
Men of the Ogun State So-Safe Corps have arrested a 20-year-old boy, simply identified as Ridwan for killing his biological father for money ritual in the state.
According to the So-Safe Corps Commander in the state, Soji Ganzallo, the suspect who confessed to the crime, was arrested on Thursday at Oshoku village, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
In a statement by the corps spokesman, Moruf Yusuf, Ganzallo, disclosed that at about 12am on Thursday, August 31, officers of the corps on routine patrol heard a strange noise in a building at Oshoku.
The statement revealed that the curious officers made their way to the building to ascertain what was happening, but to their dismay, they found a man’s body lying lifeless in a pool of his own blood.
The alleged killer was said to have fled the crime scene.
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The statement quoted Ganzallo as having instructed the Zonal Commander, Ijebu Zonal Command, Marcus Ayankoya, to get the suspected killer arrested within 24 hours.
The statement read, “The suspected killer was nabbed where he was hiding in a bush.
“He confessed to have 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 purpose,” he said.
The corps commander noted that the alleged killer told the officers of the corps during interrogation 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.”
Ganzallo further revealed that when he was asked about the whereabouts of the ritualist, he refused to give details.
He stated that the alleged killer had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Ogbere Divisional Headquarters, for further investigation and likely prosecution.