•••SAYS ASSAILANTS SELL LEG, HEART FOR N30,000, N50,000 Respectively
The Police in Ogun State have arrested a couple, Taiwo Olutufese Ajalorun and Salawa Oyenusi Ajalorun and six others for kidnapping, killing and dismembering of a 26 years old mother of two, Oyindamola Adeyemi.
The other men involved in the grisly act of murder are Lukman Oladele, Kayode Ibrahim, Bello Akeem, Alebiosu Adebayo, Fatai Rasheed and Fatai Jimoh.
The Spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday said that the suspects were apprehended following a report lodged at Obalende Divisional headquarters, Ijebu-Ode by one Ojo Omolara, who reported that her neighbour, Oyindamola Adeyemi left home since morning of Wednesday 28th of December 2022.
Ojo was said to have added that Oyindamola Adeyemi did not return home and her phone had been been switched off since then.
He said that a police patrol team found the headless body of the mother of two which was later identified by the Neighbour when a mortuary attendant called her attention to it.
He said that the police tracked the phone of the deceased to Taiwo Olutufese Ajalorun a herbalist whose possession the deceased Itel phone was recovered.
“The following day, being 29th of December 2022, while patrol team from Obalende division were on routine patrol, a dismembered body of a lady was discovered by the road side and the body was taken to a mortuary.
“Fortunately, the mortuary is a stone throw distance away from the house of the deceased and one of the mortuary workers, who knew about the missing person, called the attention of the deceased family to come and have a look at the body brought by the police.
“On getting there, the deceased’s friend, Ojo Omolara was able to identify it through the bra and underwear she put on since her head was already chopped off.
“Having recognized the body, the DPO Obalende Division, SP Murphy Salami mobilized his crack detectives and embarked on a technical and intelligence based investigation which led them to Taiwo Olutufese Ajalorun a herbalist whose possession the deceased Itel phone was recovered.
“He was promptly arrested, and a search warrant was duly executed in his house, where a container full of human blood later discovered to be that of the deceased was recovered”.
“His arrest led to the apprehension of his friend, Lukman Oladele whose house the legs of the deceased were also recovered.
“They both made confessional statements which led to the arrest of other suspects who are buyers of different parts of the deceased body”.
On interrogation, Taiwo Olutufese Ajalorun and Lukman Oladele confessed that the deceased was lured to the house of Taiwo who happened to be her man friend, but as soon as the victim entered, she was pinned down by both Taiwo Olutufese and Lukman Oladele and they subsequently strangled her to death.
“After killing her, they cut off the head, legs and the two hands which they sold to their standby buyers to be used for money making rituals”.
“According to them, the legs of the deceased were sold at the rate of #30,000, while the heart was sold at the rate of #50,000 to Akeem Bello, while the person who bought the head is still at large.
“The suspects confessed further that the victim was the third persons they have killed in such gruesome manner.
“Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide section of the state criminal investigation departments for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.”
