Osun police nab seven suspects including mortuary attendant for selling human parts

The Osun State Police Command has apprehended seven individuals involved in the sale of human body parts and water used to bathe corpses.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Acting Police Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, disclosed that the suspects include two mortuary attendants: Johnson Daniel, 43, and Adetunji Okunade, 42.

Giwa-Alade also listed the other arrested suspects as Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope, Oladapo Hammed, Kazeem Rasaq, and Asaka Rauf.

The arrests were made following a tip-off from a concerned citizen, revealing that Daniel, a mortuary worker in Ipetu-Ijesa, had been selling body parts from the mortuary to local native doctors.

“The suspects used these remains obtained from the mortuary attendant (Johnson Daniel) for various ritual purposes. Daniel also confessed that he conspired with another mortuary attendant, Adetunji Okunade, to sell remnants of water used to bathe corpses to interested native doctors.

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“During the investigation, a search was conducted at the residences of these suspects, leading to the recovery of fragments of substances suspected to be human skulls at the homes of Asaka Rauf and Oladapo Hammed, while a female pant and a notebook containing instructions on ritual practices were recovered from Balogun Temitope Asimiyu’s residence,” Giwa-Alade said.

The Osun Police Command spokesperson also reported that three people were arrested for canvassing support for the Yoruba Nation in the state.

According to him, Oluwafemi Fagbuyi, who was picked up at Obada Market in Ikire, where he was addressing people, urged his audience “to denounce their allegiance to Nigeria as a nation.” He claimed that Nigeria ended in 2014 after 100 years of amalgamation and displayed the Yoruba Nation’s flag in the process.

“The case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department after a preliminary investigation. Through diligent investigation, Joy Faseyiku, 63, and Alabede Janet, 64, were arrested in Osogbo and Ikire, respectively, in connection with the crime.

“The investigation has been concluded, and the suspects have been charged to the Federal High Court accordingly,” he added.