By Sunday Apah
The Osun State Police Command has recently apprehended seven individuals for their involvement in the illegal sale of human body parts and water used to bathe corpses within the state.
The arrest of the suspects, including two mortuary attendants named Johnson Daniel, aged 43, and Adetunji Okunade, aged 42, was officially announced by Mr. Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, the acting Police Public Relations Officer for the Osun State Police Command.
In addition to the mortuary attendants, the individuals taken into custody for their participation in these unlawful activities are Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope, Oladapo Hammed, Kazeem Rasag, and Asaka Rauf, as stated by Giwa-Alade.
The suspects were apprehended based on credible information provided by a well-meaning individual.
It was reported that Daniel, a mortuary attendant at Ipetu-ljesa, was selling the remains of corpses stored at the mortuary to local practitioners of traditional medicine.
According to the investigation, the suspects utilized these remains for various ritualistic purposes.
Daniel admitted to collaborating with another mortuary attendant, Adetunji Okunade, to sell the water used for bathing corpses to interested native doctors.
During the investigation, a search was conducted at the homes of the suspects, resulting in the discovery of fragments believed to be from a human skull at the residences of Asaka Rauf and Oladapo Hammed.
Additionally, a female underwear and a notebook containing instructions for ritual practices were found at the home of Balogun Temitope Asimiyu, as reported by Giwa-Alade.
