20-yr-old Boy Confesses He Removed His Father’s Private Parts For Money Ritual In Ogun
A 20-year-old boy, identified as Ridwan, has confessed that he killed his father for money ritual in Ogun State.
Ridwan was arrested on Thursday by men of Ogun State So-Safe Corps at Oshoku village, Ijebu North LGA of Ogun State.
According to a statement by the corps spokesman, Moruf Yusuf, the So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, said that at about 12am on Thursday, August 31, officers of the corps on routine patrol, heard a strange noise in a building at Oshoku.
He said the officers went into the building to confirm what was happening, but to their dismay, they found a man’s body lying lifeless in a pool of his own blood and the alleged killer fled the scene.
The statement quoted Ganzallo as having instructed the Zonal Commander, Ijebu Zonal Command, Marcus Ayankoya, to get the suspected killer arrested within 24 hours.
“The suspected killer was nabbed where he was hiding in a bush.
“He confessed to have killed his father, Ishau with a rope tied to his neck and a knife used to remove the needed parts of his body for ritual purpose,” he said.
The corps commander noted that the alleged killer told the officers of the corps during interrogation that “he only removed the private part, larynx, and just four teeth of his father as requested by a ritualist he identified as Baba Kekere.
Ganzallo further revealed that when the boy was asked about the whereabouts of the ritualist, he refused to give details.
He stated that the alleged killer had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Ogbere Divisional Headquarters, for further investigation and likely prosecution