Four boys have been arrested for killing and beheading their friend’s girlfriend for the purpose of money-making ritual.
Also arrested is their victim’s boyfriend.
The suspects, between ages 17 and 20 years were arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command in the early hours of Saturday January 29.
They are Wariz Oladehinde, 17 years, Soliu Majekodumi, 18, Abdul Gafar Lukman 19 years and Mustakeem Balogun 20 years.
The suspects were arrested following a piece of information received at Adatan divisional headquarters by the head of the community security guard, that the suspects were seen burning something suspected to be human head in a local pot.
Following the report made to the Police, the Divisional Police Officer, Adatan division, SP. Abiodun Salau led his detectives to the scene, where three suspects were arrested.
Meanwhile, on sighting the Police, the boyfriend of the murdered girl, Soliu Majekodumi took to his heels but was later arrested.
According to the Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the arrested suspects confessed that what they were burning in the local pot is the head of the girlfriend of their escaped accomplice.
They also confessed to the Police that the girl who was simply identified as Rofiat was lured by her boyfriend simply identified as Soliu to where she was murdered by four of them, after which they cut off her head and packed the remains in a sack, and dumped it in an old building.
Their confessional statements led policemen to the building, where the dismembered body was recovered and deposited at general hospital mortuary for autopsy.
Also, the short cutlass and a knife used in cutting off the deceased’s head were also recovered.
The Commissioner of Police, CP. Lanre Bankole in Ogun State has described the action of the suspects as height of callousness.
The CP has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation with the view to arraign them in court as soon as possible.
