A mortuary attendant identified as Kushimo Lukman has been arrested in Abeokuta, Ogun State for cutting off the head of a deceased boy.
The suspect was apprehended by security operatives attached to the So-Safe Corps on Tuesday morning.
According to the spokesperson of the agency, Moruf Yusuf, the suspect an acclaimed mortuary attendant working with MABOD at Oke-Yidi, Abule Oloni, Abeokuta was arrested while they were on routine patrol.
He was apprehended “after he had beheaded the corpse of a male minor at the Oke Yidi cemetery in Abeokuta.”
The spokesperson told Daily Post that the suspect confessed to the crime during interrogation.
He said “the beheaded corpse was brought to the cemetery from the Federal Medical Centre FMC, Abeokuta, after he died due to complications from a kidney disease.
“The parents of the boy, who came from Ibadan, sought his assistance as a mortuary attendant to get the body buried. He buried the boy’s body inside the cemetery, in the presence of his parents at about 19:00hrs on Monday.”
However, the suspect went back to the grave site around 6am to cut off the head of the deceased. He was arrested by the So-Safe Corps after a fierce battle.
Yusuf stated further that the suspect revealed that “the fresh head was requested for by one Chief Ifalonishe (AKA Lanroye) at the rate of N50,000,” saying “it was supposed to be delivered to him at a designated point within Abeokuta.”
Meanwhile, the state Commander of the corps, Soji Ganzallo, has ordered the operation department of the corps to ensure that all accomplices and clients are apprehended.
The case has been handed over to the Ogun State Police Command, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation.
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