A 29-year-old man, Ismaila Wasiu, and Mutairu Shittu, aged 35, have been arrested in Saki Town, Oyo State by policemen for murder, after they were allegedly found with a fresh human head and dismembered body of a female.
Disclosing this on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, the state police command’s spokesman, DSP Adewale Osifeso, said that detectives received credible intelligence from residents of Ayekale area of the town at about 2:30am on Monday, October 25, about the suspects’ possession of the fresh human head.
“Following the receipt of operational and intelligence assets of the Oyo State Police Command attached to Saki Divisional Police Headquarters immediately swung into action which resulted in the arrest of the duo, the recovery of the fresh human head and the dismembered body of the victim who has been identified to be one Mujidat ‘f’.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was lured from Lagos through a phone call by one of the suspects, particularly Ismaila Wasiu, before the perpetration of the dastardly act. The dismembered body has been deposited at the morgue, while intensive investigation regarding the incident continues,” the PPRO said.
He enjoined the residents in the state to draw lessons from the gruesome murder of the victim, adding that the state Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko urged all law-abiding members of the public to cooperate with the police through timely information, to help the Command’s crusade against crime and criminality.
