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In the early hours of today, men from the Ogun State Police Command arrested Kehinde Oladimeji, 43 years old, and his wife, Adejumoke Raji, 35, for being in possession of fresh human parts.
The police spokesperson in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this to reporters, saying the couple were arrested on Saturday morning.
Oyeyemi said that the couple residing at 72 MKO Abiola Way, Leme Abeokuta, were arrested by operatives from Kemta Divisional Headquarters after Chief Moshood Ogunwolu, the Baale of Leme Community, reported the matter to police.
The Baale told the police that one Pastor Adisa Olarewaju, who is a co-tenant with the suspects, informed him of offensive odours coming from the room of the suspects. Upon receiving the complaint, the DPO of Kemta Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, led detectives to the scene where a search was conducted.
Oyeyemi explained that on searching the room, a plastic bowl containing fresh parts of human beings was discovered in the couple’s room, and they were promptly arrested.
The suspects claimed they were herbalists and that the human parts, which comprised of hands, breasts, and other parts, were given to them by one Michael, who they claimed resided in the Adatan area of Abeokuta.
All efforts to locate the said Michael proved abortive as the suspects could not locate his house.
It could be recalled that a dismembered body of an unknown person was found in a swampy area of Leme, Abeokuta, about a week ago. It is not yet clear whether the parts found with the couple were harvested from the said unidentified dismembered victim.
However, the commissioner of police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide Section of the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
The CP also vowed that anyone found to have participated directly or indirectly in the crime would be brought to book to serve as a deterrent to others.
