In Ogun State, a 20-year-old kid who goes by the name Ridwan has admitted to killing his biological father as part of a ceremony for money.
Men from the Ogun State So-Safe Corps detained him on Thursday in Oshoku Village, Ijebu North Local Government Area.
According to a statement by the corps spokesman, Moruf Yusuf, the So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, stated that at around 12 am on Thursday, August 31, officers of the corps were on normal patrol when they heard an odd noise coming from a building near Oshoku.
To their dismay, the officers discovered a man’s body lying lifeless in a pool of his own blood and the alleged killer fled the scene, Ganzallo added. The officers had reportedly entered the premises to establish what was happening.
According to the statement, Ganzallo gave Marcus Ayankoya, the zonal commander of the Ijebu Zonal Command, the order to apprehend the alleged murderer within a day.
“The alleged killer was apprehended as he was concealing himself in a bush.
He said, “He admitted to having slain his father, Ishau, using a rope tied to his neck and a knife used to extract the necessary parts of his body for ritual purpose.
The corps commander made note of the fact that the alleged murderer admitted to the corps’ officers during questioning 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 disclosed that he refused to provide information when questioned about the ritualist’s whereabouts.
The alleged murderer, he said, had been given to the Nigeria Police Force’s Ogbere Divisional Headquarters for additional investigation and maybe prosecution.
