Herbalist arrested with corpse of 13-year-old girl
The arrested suspect, Ogidan at the Police station
Published By: Isa Isawade
By Adejoke Adeleye/ Ogun
Operatives of Vigilante have allegedly arrested an herbalist, Ogidan Mustapha, with the corpse of a 13-year-old girl who was electrocuted at her parents’ house in Igode village, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun state.
The Ogun State Police Command in a press statement released by the PPRO, SP Omolola Odutola to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday revealed that the suspect whom “men of Vigilante arrested at 1:30 hour of 20 September 2024 while he was trying to bury the victim whose hands have been disabled at a river bank in Igbosoro of Igode village area of Sagamu local government.”
The police revealed that the victim Oriyomi Adegboyega got electrocuted at about 10:20 am on Thursday. But the mother was surprised to learn that her daughter’s hands had been dismembered by their neighbor who is suspected to be an herbalist.
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According to Police, recovered from Ogidan after a search in his house are: Two English pump action rifles and various local charms.
Further investigation revealed that the victim’s father Mr Sunday Adegboyega had requested Ogidan to help him bury his daughter in a distant grave far from home.
The labourers who digged the grave have also been arrested.
