On Wednesday, the Osun State Police Command reported the arrest of seven individuals for dealing in human body parts and water used for bathing corpses in the state.
A statement from Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, the Acting Police Public Relations Officer for Osun Command, revealed that among those arrested were two mortuary attendants: 43-year-old Johnson Daniel and 42-year-old Adetunji Okunade. Giwa-Alade identified the other suspects as Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope, Oladapo Hammed, Kazeem Rasaq, and Asaka Rauf. He explained that the arrests followed credible information from a concerned individual indicating that Daniel, a mortuary attendant in Ipetu-Ijesa, was selling the remains of corpses deposited at the mortuary to native doctors.
“The suspects used these remains obtained from the mortuary attendant (Johnson Daniel) for various ritual purposes. Daniel also confessed that he conspired with another mortuary attendant, Adetunji Okunade, to sell remnants of water used to bathe corpses to interested native doctors.
“During the investigation, a search was conducted at the residences of these suspects, leading to the recovery of fragments of substances suspected to be human skulls at the homes of Asaka Rauf and Oladapo Hammed, while a female pant and a notebook containing instructions on ritual practices were recovered from Balogun Temitope Asimiyu’s residence,” Giwa-Alade said.
The Osun Police Command spokesperson also reported that three people were arrested for canvassing support for the Yoruba Nation in the state.
According to him, Oluwafemi Fagbuyi, who was picked up at Obada Market in Ikire, where he was addressing people, urged his audience “to denounce their allegiance to Nigeria as a nation.” He claimed that Nigeria ended in 2014 after 100 years of amalgamation and displayed the Yoruba Nation’s flag in the process.
“The case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department after a preliminary investigation. Through diligent investigation, Joy Faseyiku, 63, and Alabede Janet, 64, were arrested in Osogbo and Ikire, respectively, in connection with the crime.
“The investigation has been concluded, and the suspects have been charged to the Federal High Court accordingly,” he added.
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