DAILY POST gathered that the deceased, a 16-year-old-girl, identified only as Olayinka had accompanied her lover to a party in the Ijebu-Igbo area of the state.
After the party, the deceased’s boyfriend told her he wanted to make a stopover and that she should follow two of his friends back home.
Unknown to her that there were plans to kill her; she followed her lover’s friends who allegedly gruesomely murdered her, before cutting off her breast and dumping her body in the Ogbere River, in the Ijebu East Local Government area of the state.
The state Police Command’s acting spokesperson, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident to DAILY POST on Tuesday, saying the two men – a herbalist identified as Tunde Banjo, and one Nurudeen Adeniyi, an alfa, were arrested in Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state by policemen from the Ago Iwoye and Ijebu Igbo divisions on Tuesday.
Oyeyemi said, “At about 2.30pm, one Serifat Adebanjo reported Olayinka’s abduction to the police in Ago Iwoye station.
“Acting on the information, the police stormed a house in Imosan community and apprehended Ogunkoya, who confessed that Olayinka was in the custody of Adebanjo in Ijebu Igbo.
“Policemen stormed Adebanjo’s home in Ijebu Igbo, where they met him with the Alfa, and they were arrested; two fresh human hearts and a live tortoise were allegedly found in their possession.”
Oyeyemi said Banjo confessed to the police that the girl had been killed, her breasts and other vital organs severed, while her remains were thrown into a river.
“The police are working to retrieve the corpse. Two human hearts and one live tortoise were recovered from the suspects,” the spokesperson added, noting that the suspects would soon be transferred to the homicide section of the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta for further investigation.
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