Oyo State Police Command have arrested one Ismaila Wasiu and Mutairu Shittu in Ayekale Area of Saki for being in possession of a fresh human head and dismembered body.
The duo were arrested following the the receipt of credible intelligence from residents of Ayekale area of Saki, alleging that the suspects were found in possession of a fresh human head.
Operational and Intelligence Assets of the Oyo State Police Command attached to Saki Divisional Police Headquarters immediately swung into action and arrested the suspected ritualists with fresh human head and the dismembered body of their victim who was simply identified as Mujidat.
A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, on Wednesday indicated that “preliminary investigation reveals that the victim was lured from Lagos through a phone call by one of the suspects, particularly Ismaila Wasiu before the perpetration of the dastardly act.”
Osifeso said the dismembered body has been deposited at the morgue, while intensive investigations regarding the incident continues.
The command also called on the general public to be careful and draw lessons from the gruesome murder of the victim, while charging them to continue to give reliable information to the police for prompt action to nip crimes in the bud.
The statement read: “Following the receipt of credible intelligence from residents of Ayekale, Saki Area of Oyo State, at about 0230hrs on Monday 25/10/2021, alleging the duo of Ismaila Wasiu ‘m’ age 29 yrs and Mutairu Shittu ‘m’ age 35yrs, both of Ayekale Area Saki, to have been found in possession of a fresh human head.
“Operational and intelligence assets of the Oyo State Police Command attached to Saki Divisional Police Headquarters immediately swung into action which resulted in the arrest of the duo.
“The recovery of the fresh human head and the dismembered body of the victim has been identified to be one Mujidat ‘f’.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the victim was lured from Lagos through a phone call by one of the suspects, particularly Ismaila Wasiu before the perpetration of the dastardly act.
“The dismembered body has been deposited at the morgue, while intensive investigations regarding the incident continues.
“While calling on the citizenry in the State to draw lessons from the gruesome murder of the victim, the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Ngozi Onadeko fdc urges all law abiding people resident in the State to give their unwavering cooperation towards the rendition of timely and actionable information capable of fueling the Command’s crusade against crime and criminality in the State.”
