Ogun state police command have apprehended a herbalist, Lajuwon Ogunleye and his wife Adetutu Apalaya for conspiring and killing their son, 7-year-old, Pelumi Apalaya, alongside with one Fatai Sefiu.
Well, the suspects were nabbed following their neighbours’ suspicion that little boy was used for ritual, as he reportedly collapsed and died without being sick.
It was gathered that they were reportedly watched by some residents of the community after they took the boy to the bush for burial. It was also reported that some of the boy’s body parts, who they buried in a “standing position,” were harvested by the herbalist who is his step father, his mother and Sefiu who is his father’s friend.
However, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State Police spokesperson, stated that the Divisional Police Officer for Abigi Division, Tarkighir Joseph, led detectives to the bush in Iwopin area of Ijebu waterside where the suspects were rounded up.
“The suspects led policemen to where the victim was buried and it was discovered that the deceased was buried in standing position.
” On interrogation, the second suspect, Fatai Sefiu, told the detectives that the boy was actually used for ritual by the stepfather in connivance with the deceased boy’s mother. He stated further that the couple have reached a conclusion before he was coopted into the business.
“The mother of the victim Adetutu Apalaya who first denied having knowledge of her husband plan to use her son for ritual was dumbfounded when asked whether or not she followed them to the bush where her son was buried and the mode of burial of the boy.”
Thus the Ogun state Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered a transfer of the case to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department(SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.
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