The Commander of So-Safe Corps in Ogun state, Soji Ganzallo, in a statement released through the corps spokesman, Moruf Yusuf, on Friday said the Corps have arrested a 20-year-old boy identified as Ridwan at Oshoku village, Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state.
IdanNews gathered that Ridwan confessed to the crime, that he killed his biological father for a money ritual.
While narrating the event, He said the officers of the corps on routine patrol heard a strange noise in a building at Oshoku, at about 12 a.m on Thursday, August 31.
The officers however made their way into the building to confirm what was happening, They found a man’s body lying lifeless in a pool of his blood and the alleged killer fled the scene.
The statement quoted Ganzallo as having instructed the Zonal Commander, Ijebu Zonal Command, Marcus Ayankoya, to get the suspected killer arrested within 24 hours.
The statement read in part, “The suspected killer was nabbed where he was hiding in a bush.
“He confessed to have killed his father, Ishau with a rope tied to his neck and a knife used to remove the needed parts of his body for ritual purposes.”
The corps commander noted that the alleged killer told the officers of the corps during interrogation that “he only removed the private part, larynx, and just four teeth of his father as requested by a ritualist he identified as Baba Kekere.”
Ganzallo further revealed that when he was asked about the whereabouts of the ritualist, he refused to give details.
He stated that the alleged killer had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Ogbere Divisional Headquarters, for further investigation and likely prosecution.
