The Osun State Police Command has recovered the severed head and hand of an 18-year-old lady whose corpse was exhumed and mutilated by suspected ritualists in Iwo.
The incident occurred at Olomo’s Compound in the Fesu Area of Iwo Local Government, with the teenager’s corpse buried on Saturday, October 11, exhumed around midnight on Monday.
One of the suspects who carried out act, Saheed Babalola, was apprehended by residents at the graveside and handed over to the police at the Iwo Divisional Headquarters.
Providing an update on the case, the Police Public Relations Officer in Osun, Abiodun Ojelabi, on Wednesday, said Babalola has been transferred from Iwo Division to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, for further investigation.
According to him, operatives of the SCID tracked where the suspect kept the mutilated parts.
“The State CID went further with the investigation and discovered where he kept the head and the hand of the victim. We were able to recover the head and the hand. Investigation is still ongoing,” Ojelabi said.
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