Men and officers of Ogun State police command have discovered a shrine in Eposo- Akaka community of Isara Remo in Remo North Local Government Area where human flesh were allegedly eaten, sold and used for rituals.
Police also arrested five suspects in connection with the crime and ownership of the shrine where severed body parts suspected to be that of a missing female student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, located at Saapade area of the state, was found decomposing.
The 21-year-old female student of Science Laboratory Technology department, identified as Morenikeji Owolabi, was allegedly lured to the shrine on Saturday, June 6, by a commercial motorcyclist identified as Ademolu before the police eventually discovered the shrine last Monday, June 15, on receiving information about the incident.
Commissioner of Police, Val Ntomchukwu, who led reporters to the shrine where dismembered bodies of Morenikeji and other victims were found, said the prime suspect identified as Femi Awise, who is a herbalist, is still at large.
Ntomchukwu gave names of the five suspects arrested and detained at Divisional Police Headquarters, Isara-Remo, to include 29-year-old Adeyemi Ademolu; Lateef Ali, 23; Dare Akinyemi, 22; Wasiu Sotola, 23, and Taiwo Omolaso, 22.
The CP disclosed that the five suspects, including a commercial motorcyclist that conveyed the victim to the scene would soon be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
Ntomchukwu appealed to members of the public to always volunteer information to the police, noting that if the command had gotten the report on time, it might have stopped the crime.
“What we want to tell the public is that they should monitor the movement of their wards and children, especially when they are left to be in school and other public institutions. They should always watch over their children, call them regularly and where they don’t see them, they should quickly report to the police.
“If we had received this report on time, we would have been able to trace this lady. By the time we got the report, we now started scouting for information, only to arrest the okada man (motorcyclist) that brought her to this particular place.
“It was from that okada man that we were able to know that she was taken to this area and by discreet investigation, we were able to discover this shrine. We don’t know how long this shrine has been in existence, but we assure you that this particular nefarious activity would be put to an end.”
The police boss urged members of the community to be watchful and always cooperate with the police by providing information that would expose suspected criminals.
As at the time journalists were led to the scene Tuesday night in company of the police rescue team, an iron pot filled with cooked human flesh was laid on a stand, oozing putrid odour.
The decomposing legs of the victim were dug out of a shallow grave they were buried few metres from the shrine.
Human flesh apparently cooked and butchered into pieces was seen in a black pot, while the right limb of the victim was seen in a nearby shallow grave.
Credit: nationalmirroronline.net/
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