Ritual Murder: Police Arrest Three Suspects in Ondo

By James Sowole in Akure

The Ondo State Police Command yesterday  said it had arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged kidnapped and killing of two female students of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, for ritual purpose.

It was gathered that the two students of the institution, Miss Oladepo Blessing and Oluwasemilore Mary had earlier been  declared missing while their whereabouts were unknown till the present moment.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Femi Joseph, said one of the suspected ritual killers was arrested last Friday after participating in a robbery operation in Ondo recently.

The arrest of the suspect, Joseph said, led to the arrest of two other suspects.

According to the PPRO, the suspects are: John Adenikiri also known as Emir, Fisayo Fasanu a.k.a Abore and Alfa Abdurafiu, a herbalist.

Joseph explained that Adenikiri and Fasanu confessed that they sold the mutilated body of the victims to Abdurafiu who finally used them for ritual.

The police spokesman noted that Adenikiri and Fasanu were arrested in Ondo town while Abdurafi was arrested in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.

Joseph said: “We have arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnap and killing of  the victims for money ritual. One of the suspects was arrested during a robbery operation last Friday. After his arrest, he assisted us in arresting other suspects.

“After series of interrogation, the suspects confessed to mutilating the body of the victim for ritual purposes. In fact, the suspects took us to where they buried one of the victims, on getting there we found the body already decomposing.”

The PPRO explained that the command was yet to confirmed the identity of the decomposed victim but he declared that the suspects would be charged to court after the completion of the investigation.

“The parents of the victims may be invited for the identification and forensic expert may also be needed to identify which of the victims was found,” Joseph stated.

While reacting on the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the ACE, Mrs. Seto Olatuyi, urged the police to do proper investigation on the matter and arrest whoever was involved in the crime.