Police Nab 7 ‘Point and Kill’ Ritualists in Ogun

Matilda Omonaiye/

The police in Ogun State have smashed a gang of suspected ritual killers who pick and choose victims on their path.

According to the police, seven members of the suspected serial ritual killer-gang, who shoot their victims on sight and dismember the body for sale, were nabbed by officers in different parts of the Abeokuta metropolis.

Ogun State police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi identified the suspects as 38-year-old Lekan Oladipupo of Sotan Village, Sulaiman Aremu (30) of Imala Elega, Abeokuta; Ifayemi Madru (24) of Sotan Village; Shittu Saheed (38) of Alarugbo Village, Samod Sulaiman (35) of Sotan Village, Akanji Moruf (23) of Alabata Village and Tajudeen Adekunle (36) of Sapon Abeokuta.

Oyeyemi told NewsmakersNG: “They were arrested following a report lodged at Bode Olude Divisional Headquarters by one Abraham Okosun, who reported that he visited his brother, one Sunday Okosun at Agbara Village via Mawuko Abeokuta, only to discover that his brother has been brutally murdered by unknown person(s), and his remains had been dismembered.

“Upon the report, the DPO Bode Olude Division, DSP Durojaye Rotimi, who visited the scene with his crack detectives, there and then, embarked on an intelligence-based investigation to unravel those behind the dastardly act.

“Acting on credible information, the detectives traced and apprehended Lekan Oladipupo, who on interrogation confessed to being the actual person who shot and killed the deceased with his Dane gun. His confession led to the arrest of the other six suspects.

“On interrogation, each of the suspects narrated their respective roles in the gruesome murder of the deceased and others who have been killed in similar circumstances.

“Lekan Oladipupo informed the police that his own role was to look for their victim, usually in the bush around Mawuko area, and shoot such unfortunate person to death.

“He will then contact Sulaiman Aremu, who will butcher the corpse and remove vital parts to be distributed to their standby customers.

“The customers are Ifayemi Badru who bought the heart, hands, and other parts of the body; Shittu Saheed bought the head; Akanji Moruf bought the heart of another of their victims while Tajudeen Adekunle bought the head.

“The suspects confessed to have killed not less than four persons in similar circumstances and that their body parts were used for money-making ritual. They also informed the police that they have code names for each human part whenever they want to request it from the butcher. For example, they referred to the human head as a ball, the heart as a transformer, and the hands are codenamed as fans.

“The gun and cutlass they used for the dastardly act have been recovered.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, who described the incident as the height of man’s inhumanity to man, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department, for discreet investigation with a view to charging them to court as soon as possible.”

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