Concerns continue to rise with the recent ritual killings in the Southwest, as residents in a community in Oyo town have uncovered activities of suspected ritualists in an uncompleted building in the area.
It was gathered that a foul odour perceived in the area had prompted those living close to the building, which is along the Oyo-Ilora road, in the Oyo West Local Government Area, Oyo state, to comb the bushes.
To their shock, they reportedly stumbled on decomposing human parts in the uncompleted building.
According to reports, the discovery has been reported at the Oyo West Police Station.
A resident, who identified himself simply as Lanre, disclosed via phone call on Tuesday that he was there when a police team visited the building, adding that some suspects had been arrested.
He said, “Three days ago, there was a stench from an uncompleted building and residents thought some persons were defecating in the place. But when they searched the area, a complete human arm was found and some other items that suggested that some persons had probably been killed there.
“The case was reported to the police in Oyo and they came and arrested some suspects. We were disturbed because the policemen that came did not allow us to take pictures of the human parts discovered there.
“We don’t want the case to be covered up. Many things are happening now. Human beings are daily being killed for rituals and if such a thing is discovered, I believe the police should do everything possible to expose those behind it.”
There is suspicion that the act might have been going on for a while in the building as another resident who spoke on condition of anonymity, reported seeing human bones and the school uniform of a child at the site.
He said, “Those living close to the site said they used to see a man riding a motorcycle to the place. They said the man used to work with a shovel in the building; they thought he was clearing debris, but did not know he was carrying out criminal activities there. Somebody later said that he knew the father of the motorcycle rider. The police came, saw those things and took them away. They also arrested some suspects.”
Although the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, has not officially briefed newsmen on the incident, the Commandant of the Amotekun Corps in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Ibadan, the state capital.
He said, “The information is true. I was told by my people that it was a decomposing body that was found there. The corpse was dismembered and the police arrested some suspects. I was not told that a school uniform was found there. The dismembered body was not fresh.
“Our men went there, but the suspects were arrested by the police; they are not with us. Since the body was dismembered, it suggests a ritual killing.”
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