Men of Ogun State police Command on Saturday, February 12, 2022, arrested one Kehinde Oladimeji, 43, and his wife Adejumoke Raji, 35, for been in possession of fresh different human parts.
The couple who are residents of No.72 MKO Abiola Way Leme Abeokuta, were arrested following a report lodged at the Kemta Divisional Headquarters by one Moshood Ogunwolu, the Baale of Leme Community.
The Baale had reported that one Pastor Adisa Olarewaju who is a co- tenant with the suspects informed him of offensive odours coming out from the room of the suspects.
Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said
upon the complaint, the Divisional Police Officer, Kemta Division, Chief Superintendent of Police, Adeniyi Adekunle, quickly led his detectives to the scene where a search was conducted.
He said on searching the room, a plastic bowl containing fresh different parts of human being was discovered in the room, and the couple were promptly arrested.
On interrogation, the suspects confessed they were herbalists and that the human parts which comprises of hands, breasts and other parts were given to them by one Michael who they claimed resided in the Adatan area of Abeokuta.
Oyeyemi said all efforts to locate the said Michael had proved abortive as the suspects could not locate his house.
It will be recalled that a dismembered body of an unknown person was found in a swamp area at Leme area of Abeokuta about a week ago.
It is not yet clear whether the parts are that of the dismembered body or not .
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide Section of the state criminal investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
Bankole vowed that anyone who is directly or indirectly involved in the crime would be brought to book to serve as a deterrent to others.
