The Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected r!tual k!llers, including suspects who m8rdered 14-year-old Malik Kareem.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Ayodele Sonubi, paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Eleyele on Friday, August 16, 2024.
According to the CP, one Muyideen Raimi was arrested for exhuming and decapitating his late cousin, Sulaiman Aromokun.
Raimi, who allegedly committed the act with an accomplice now at large, exhumed his cousin’s corpse from the Aromokun compound in Isale Ijebu, Ibadan.
“The police have arrested Muyideen Raimi for exhuming and dec@pitating his late cousin, Sulaiman Aromokun, who was buried at the Aromokun compound in Isale Ijebu, Ibadan,” the commissioner stated.
“The police reported that Raimi was apprehended with the severed head and confessed to the crime, implicating one Sumaila, also known as Baba Ibeji, who is currently at large
“Raimi revealed their intention to use the skull for a money ritual. The investigation is ongoing, and further developments will be communicated.”
In a separate case, the Police Command paraded a ritualist, Muhammad Adekunle for allegedly k!lling and selling human parts in Ibadan.
Adekunle, along with Lukman, Olobe, and Ifa—now at large—conspired to k!ll people for ritual purposes in January 2024.
The CP revealed that in April 2024, Adekunle and his accomplices lured Adekola Sodiq to Moniya, where they severed his head and legs, which were sold to Obaleye Sanmi and Ismail Olalekan.