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Man, 20, Confesses Killing his Father for Ritual

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By News Barrel on September 1, 2023 News

The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has arrested a suspect ,Ridwan who allegedly murdered his father for ritual purpose in Ogun.

This was contained in a statement issued from the Office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander (Dr) Soji Ganzallo through the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf.

The statement revealed that at about 12 in the midnight on Thursday, 31st August, 2023, officers of the Corps on routine patrol heard a strange noise in a building while at Oshoku Village in Ijebu North Local Government Area. The Officers entered the building to confirm what was happening, but to the officers’ dismay, they found a man’s body lying lifeless in a pool of his own blood and the alleged killer fled the scene.

It further stated that Ganzallo instructed the Zonal Commander, Ijebu Zonal Command, ACC Marcus Ayankoya to get the suspected killer, arrested under 24hrs.

The suspect was arrested in his hideout inside a bush.

He confessed to have killed his father, Ishau with a rope tied to his neck and a knife used to remove the needed parts of his body for ritual purpose.

The statement added that the alleged killer confessed that the he only removed the private part, larynx, and just four teeth of his father as requested by a ritualist he identified as Baba Kekere.

Ganzallo further revealed that when he was asked about the whereabouts of the ritualist, he refused to give details.

The alleged killer was said to had been transfered to the Nigeria Police Force, Ogbere Divisional Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.

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