A suspected member of a notorious ritualist syndicate in Ogun State, Ifasoji Ayangbesan has been arrested for allegedly killing and dismembering one Oyindamola Adeyemi.
The Police Command Spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested on Friday, April 28 in his hideout in the Ijebu-Ode area of the state.
While confirming the arrest in Abeokuta, Oyeyemi explained that the 35-year-old suspect had offered the Police an N1 million bribe to evade arrest and the Police rejected the offer.
According to him, the suspect and other members of his gang had killed their victim, Oyindamola Adeyemi in January in the Ijebu-Ode area of the state and dismembered her body for a money ritual.
“The suspect was arrested following a painstaking intelligence-based investigation, carried out by detectives from Obalende divisional headquarters, which led them to his hideout at the Ijade Iloti area of Ijebu Ode,” he said.
The Police Spokesman stated that the suspect was indicted by members of the syndicate who are arrested earlier as the person who bought the two legs of the victim.
Oyeyemi said upon the arrest of some members of the gang, the suspect had fled.
“Since then, the suspect has been on the watchlist of DPO Obalende division, Murphy Salami, with the view to arrest him and possibly recover the deceased two legs from him and prosecute him with his partners in crime.”
“However, luck ran against him when he was apprehended at his Ijade Iloti hideout on the 28th of April 2023. Immediately after he was arrested, the suspect made an offer of one million naira bribe to the policemen, which was rejected.
“On interrogation, he confessed been part of the syndicate that killed Oyindamola Adeyemi, and that he was the person who severe the two legs of the deceased which he claimed he used for ritual purposes,” PPRO said.
Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Yomi Oladimeji, had directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments and prosecute him with other members of his syndicate.
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