Ritualist kills female student in Ogun

Men of Ogun State police command on tuesday, uncovered a ritualist’s shrine at Eposo-Akaka, Isara, in Remo North Local Government of Ogun State with dismembered human parts suspected to be those of a 21 years old female student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Morenikeji Owolabi.

The shrine, contained boiled and smoked human parts.

The boiled human parts, including liver, intestines and spleen in earthenware containers, was on a table and a well-laid arm chair, covered with cloth.

There were also bottles of palm oil and other liquid forms littering the floor, while knives and plates were also found inside.

Near the shrine was a small kitchen where something that looked like the victim’s heart was being smoked on fire outside.

A few metres away from the shrine were also decomposing legs of the victim dug out of the shallow grave where they were buried but the head of the victim and other parts such as breasts, hands  among others  were not found.

The state commissioner of police, Valentine Ntomchukwu, who led a team of newsmen to the shrine located inside the forest, disclosed that the 21-year-old victim who hailed from Ekiti State but lived at Isara, was lured to the shrine by a herbalist, Femi Awise, who is currently on the run.

Ntomchukwu said the shrine was discovered through discreet investigation by his men, saying five persons, including a motorcyclist that took the victim to the shrine, had been arrested in connection with the murder.

The suspects include the Okada rider who conveyed her to the shrine, Adeyemi Ademolu, a suspected apprentice to Awise, Omolaso Taiwo, Lateef Ali, Akinyemi Dare, and Sokoya Wasiu.

He said:  “We were able to locate the shrine through a discreet investigation by our men. We were able to track the Okada rider that took her on his motorcycle to the shrine.

Five suspects have been arrested and investigation has commenced, we will leave no stone unturned to get the other fleeing suspects.

The motorcyclist confessed that he took the lady to the area but denied ever being aware of the existence of the shrine.

The local government chairman, Femi Soyemi, expressed   shock at the scary discovery.

“I was shocked because I never expected this kind of horrible and brutal thing exists here,” Soyemi said.

The victim was declared missing since Saturday, June 7, and it was those who saw her on the day she was being conveyed to the shrine by the Okada rider that gave the information, which led to his arrest, and final discovery of the shrine.