Ritualist nabbed with human body parts in western Nigeria

Two alleged ritualists have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command in Oja Odan, which is located in the state’s Yewa North Local Government Area. After a distressing finding of human remains and an allegation of an alleged kidnapping, the suspects, Monday Ogunniyi and Oladeyo Idowu, were taken into custody. The case started when Oladeyo Idowu, a resident of Oja Odan’s School 4 neighborhood, reported Regina Oladeyo’s kidnapping to a police station, according to a statement issued by the command’s spokeswoman, SP Omolola Odutola, on Tuesday. Police said that after Idowu accused Ogunniyi of kidnapping Regina, they looked into the matter more. The police discovered human remains at a site connected to the suspects during their operation.

According to Odutola, Regina Oladeyo was found in Monday Ogunniyi’s home in the Okegbala neighborhood of Oja Odan as a result of police investigations. Ogunniyi acknowledged kidnapping Regina during interrogation, but he and the complainant, Oladeyo Idowu, were accused of participating in ritualistic rituals using human remains, according to the statement. Subsequent research showed that the two men had made a deal to obtain human parts from a decaying body for their ceremonial needs.

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“On December 16, 2024, at about 1630 hrs a man named Oladeyo Idowu from School 4 Area Oja Odan came to the police station to report a case of abduction involving Monday Ogunniyi, who resides in the Okegbala area of Oja Odan.
“The individual who was abducted, Regina Oladeyo, was located in the suspect’s home. During questioning, Monday Ogunniyi confessed to the abduction, but also claimed that he and the complainant were involved in rituals using human remains.
“Investigations uncovered that Monday Ogunniyi and Oladeyo Idowu had an arrangement to obtain human parts from a decomposing corpse for their rituals.”

Near a river in the Afige neighborhood of Oja Odan, a team of detectives reportedly investigated the scene and found a dried human skeleton with female attire thrown over the bones, according to the PPRO. “Monday Ogunniyi, the first suspect, confessed that Oladeyo Idowu was responsible for the corpse’s storage and dissection, as well as for taking pictures and retrieving some exhibits. “The case will be forwarded to the SCID Eleweran for further investigation,” she stated.