COUPLE ARRESTED OVER ATTEMPT TO USE DAUGHTER FOR RITUALS
A couple has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command for allegedly attempting to use their daughter for rituals.
The Command Public Relations Officer,Abimbola Oyeyemi who disclosed this to Dailydispatch on Monday,gave the identities of the suspects as Nasiru Adeyemo and Idayat Adeyemo.
’The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Nasiru Adeyemo ‘m’ and his wife Idayat Adeyemo ‘f’ for making an attempt to use a seven years old girl Abibat Arike Adeyemo ‘f’ for ritual purpose’,he said.
Oyeyemi stated further that,the duo was arrested following a distress call from members of the public that a strange load In a sack was sighted by the road side at Asabala area along Papalanto/Sagamu road.
He said, on the strength of the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Owode Egba, Shehu Alao led his men to the scene where the load which was inside a white rice sack was untied.
‘ Surprisingly, it was a seven year old girl whose one of her right hand fingers has been cut off who was tied and put inside the sack and dumped at the road side since Friday 11/08/2017’, Oyeyemi added
The command spokesman said,having realized that the girl was still alive, she was quickly taken to the hospital for medical attention.
‘It was when she regained consciousness that she informed the Police that her father and step mother were the ones who cut off one of her fingers before tying her and put her inside the sack and dumped her inside the bush for her to die there’.
He said,upon the information from the victim, serious manhunt was launched for the father and his wife and they were arrested in the evening of Sunday.
Oyeyemi said, the duo are currently undergoing interrogation,adding that the Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the transfer of the case to Anti-Kidnapping/Cultist section for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspects.
