Ogun Police arrest man for allegedly mutilating 13-year-old neighbor’s corpse

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested Ogidan Mustapha for allegedly dismembering the hands of a deceased 13-year-old girl, Oriyomi Adegboyega, in Sagamu Local Government Area.

Mustapha was apprehended early Friday morning while attempting to dump the girl’s body near the Igbosoro River in Igode village.

News360 Nigeria reports that the body of the deceased was wrapped in a mat when police discovered it.

The arrest was made possible following intelligence provided by a sister security agency, according to the police command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola.

In addition to Mustapha, three other individuals were arrested for assisting in digging the grave for the body. The deceased’s mother, Peace Adegboyega, had informed the police that her daughter had tragically died from electrocution the previous morning.

Peace Adegboyega was devastated to learn that her neighbor had been caught with her daughter’s mutilated body, despite plans already in place to bury her.

A search of Mustapha’s residence also revealed two English pump action rifles and various local charms.

Odutola said: “ An intelligence source from a sister security agency alerted the divisional police officer of Igode that on the 20th of September 2024, at about 0130hrs at past midnight, they trailed a suspicious movement to a bush around Igbosoro River in Igode village and caught one Ogidan Mustapha as he dumped a corpse.

“At a close glance, the vigilante operatives examined the corpses wrapped in a mat and discovered it was a young girl’s remains whose two hands had been amputated and dumped near the river.

“After careful observation, the identity of the deceased was revealed as one Oriyomi Adegboyega, a 13-year-old female.”

She stated that the suspect on interrogation denied dismembering the deceased but admitted carrying a complete corpse after her father, Sunday Adegboyega, asked for his assistance in burying her far away from home.

“The suspect denied the amputation of the 13-year-old girl, but he admitted that the girl’s father, one Sunday Adegboyega, 56, requested him to assist in burying the deceased far away from home, but he carried the corpse with a complete body from the father’s compound,” she said.