Ogun police command has arrested three suspects, Ganiyu Idowu 62, Alfa Bamigbola Edun 56 and Matthew Odunewu 62 , over an alleged attempt to kill a young man, Ganiu Akanmu for ritual purposes.
Akanmu, according to the Police is an apprentice of Ganiyu Idowu, a herbalist.
The Police Commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu, who Paraded the suspects among other criminals at the Police Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta told journalists that, based on intelligence reports, his men laid ambush for the suspects and swooped on them when they were about to slaughter their victim at the bank of Ogun river.
The Commissioner revealed that, based on the intelligence report that the suspects were planning to kill their victim, his men "Embarked on 24 hours surveillance of the area at the bank of Ogun River where they planned to commit the dastardly act.
"Their efforts" Iliyasu said "Paid off on August 30 at about 11pm when four men were sighted coming to the riverbank with three out of them holding polythene bag each", the Commissioner added.
According to him "On getting to the riverbank, the three men grabbed the fourth person (apprentice victim) who is the youngest of them, laid him down on the ground and were about to slaughter him like a sacrificial lamb when the operatives swooped on them and got them arrested."
He said, upon interrogation, the suspects
confessed that the polythene bags with them were to be used to collect their respective shares of the victim's body parts after killing him.
Ganiyu Idowu, the first suspect told journalists that the victim happened to be his apprentice who he was training to become a herbalist.
According to him, the thought of killing his apprentice came to him after his attempt to kill someone for ritual purpose failed.
Eighteen other criminals among whom were arm robbers and illegal arm dealers were also paraded
No comments:
Post a Comment