Ridwan, a 20-year-old male, has admitted to perpetrating patricide in Ogun State with the intention of conducting a money ritual.
The individual in question was apprehended on Thursday by personnel from the Ogun State So-Safe Corps at Oshoku village, located under the jurisdiction of the Ijebu North Local Government Area in Ogun State.
According to a statement made by Moruf Yusuf, the spokesperson for the So-Safe Corps, Commander Soji Ganzallo reported that officers of the corps, while conducting their regular patrol, detected an unfamiliar sound emanating from a structure located in Oshoku at approximately 12am on Thursday, August 31.
According to Ganzallo, it was said that the officers entered the premises in order to ascertain the situation. However, to their disappointment, they discovered a deceased individual laying still in a pool of blood, while the purported perpetrator escaped from the location.
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According to the statement, Ganzallo sent instructions to Marcus Ayankoya, the Zonal Commander of the Ijebu Zonal Command, to apprehend the alleged perpetrator within a time frame of 24 hours.
The individual believed to be responsible for the crime was apprehended in the location where they had sought refuge within a thicket.
According to the individual's statement, he admitted to the act of killing his father, Ishau, by means of a rope fastened around his neck and a knife employed to extract specific body parts for the aim of conducting a ritual.
The commander of the corps observed that, according to the statements provided by the suspected perpetrator throughout the course of interrogation, he claimed to have solely extracted the genitalia, larynx, and a mere four teeth from his father, as instructed by an individual known as Baba Kekere, whom he characterized as a practitioner of ritualistic activities.
Ganzallo additionally disclosed that when queried regarding the location of the ritualist, he declined to provide specific information.
According to his statement, the individual accused of the crime has been relocated to the Nigeria Police Force, specifically the Ogbere Divisional Headquarters, in order to undergo additional investigation and maybe face legal proceedings.
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