Man Arrested With Dead Baby In A Polythene Bag In Ogun State

Man Arrested With Dead Baby In A Polythene Bag In Ogun State

Ajiboye Emmanuel who boarded a bus with a dead baby wrapped in a polythene bag for ritual purposes, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command.

The 42-year-old man’s arrest came after fellow passengers in a bus he boarded at Sapade garage in Remo axis of the state, on December 22, alerted the Police at Isara Division following the odour emanating from the bag which aroused their suspicion.

The State’s Police PRO, Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the suspect’s arrest, said ;

“Upon the information, the DPO of Isara, Yusuf Taiwo, led policemen to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested”.

“On interrogation, the suspect claimed that he was coming from Offa in Kwara State heading to Lagos where he intended to bury the baby.”

The suspect whose response wasn’t satisfactory, was taken down Isara Division for further investigation by the Police who are now working to decipher if the baby was killed for ritual purposes.

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The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed iliyasu, has also ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for proper investigation.