Osun State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Saheed Babalola, over the alleged exhumation and mutilation of the corpse of an 18-year-old woman in Feesu group, close to Iwo, Osun State.
The suspect was once arrested after citizens reportedly stuck him on the burial web site the place the deceased were interred, following abnormal noises heard within the neighbourhood.
The incident happened on Monday, an afternoon after {the teenager} was once buried throughout the premises of Olomo Compound, Feesu, the place she lived along the suspect.
DAILY POST collected that the deceased reportedly died below instances described as unnatural on Sunday earlier than her burial came about the similar day.
Babalola was once reported to have participated within the burial along different mourners earlier than allegedly returning to the web site with two different people within the early hours of tomorrow.
The 3 males allegedly exhumed the corpse and severed the sufferer’s head and wrist all through the incident.
Alternatively, their alleged actions attracted the eye of citizens, who heard odd sounds coming from the burial floor and went to analyze.
A resident, who asked anonymity for safety causes, mentioned group individuals apprehended probably the most suspects whilst the opposite two allegedly escaped.
“3 other folks got here to perpetrate the act, however we have been in a position to apprehend one in all them, and he was once passed over to the police,” the resident mentioned.
The resident added that Babalola was once due to this fact passed over to police operatives for investigation into the alleged desecration of the corpse.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Family members Officer of the Osun State Police Command, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, mentioned the suspect were arrested and was once cooperating with investigators.
“The suspect and the deceased lived on the identical cope with in Olomo Compound, Feesu, Iwo. The incident was once reported to the police after citizens came upon the alleged act.
“Law enforcement officials went to the scene, and the suspect, Saheed Babalola, was once arrested,” the police spokesman mentioned.
He disclosed that operatives of the Iwo Police Department to start with arrested Babalola earlier than moving him to the State Felony Investigation Division (CID) for additional investigation.
In step with Ojelabi, investigators due to this fact came upon the place the sufferer’s severed head and hand were saved and recovered the stays.
“We have been in a position to get better the pinnacle and the hand. The investigation continues to be ongoing. The police are proceeding efforts to ascertain the instances surrounding the incident and determine different people allegedly concerned,” he mentioned.