Photos: Ogun Police Finds Remains/Bones Of 20-Year-Old Girl In A Ritualist's Den

Suspected remains of miss Owolabi

Ogun state police operatives attached to Ishara
division of Ogun State Command on Monday
busted a den of suspected kidnappers , ritualists
and cannibals at Orile Eleposo , Ode - Remo area
in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun
State .

The police, while acting on a tip off on the
suspicious activities of the criminals , swooped
on them and busted the den.
According to a statement signed by the Police
Public Relations Officer , DSP Olumuyiwa
Adejobi, the arrest of these suspected ritualists
was in connection with the case of a missing
student of Gateway Polytechnic, Sapade in
Ogun State , Miss Morenikeji Owolabi .

Owolabi , 20, has been missing since June 6 but
the matter was said to be reported to the
police on 12 June by her parents, who reside in
Egbe New Site , Ijebu Ode of Ogun State .
 
The ritualists den

“But the lady , deceased, had been killed and
pieced by the ritualists, led by one Femi
Marcauay, a.k .a Awise, who owns the den but
now at large .

“Some parts of her body were buried in a
shallow grave at the shrine, while some pieces
of “meat ” suspected to be her flesh and heart
roasted were seen in some containers in the
shrine.


As a result of these discoveries, police swung
into action and have arrested five suspects , all
men. They are ; Sotola Wasiu, ,23 , Ali Lateef ,
22, Adeyemi Ademolu , 29 , Omolaso Taye, 21
and Damilare Akinyemi, 22 .
Those arrested are currently assisting the
police in their investigation .

While addressing the newsmen and residents of
the area at the scene, the State Commissioner
for Police , Ntomchukwu condemned such
criminal and inhuman act , and vowed to rid
Ogun of criminals and hoodlums .

He also directed that the Department of
Criminal Investigation and Intelligence ,
Eleweran, Abeokuta, should take over the case
for proper investigation and charge those
involved in the crime to court as when due.

The police boss however sympathised with the
family of the deceased, Morenikeji and her
colleagues for their loss , assuring them that
justice will be done on the matter .

The Commissioner of Police also assured
citizens of the Gateway state that the police
will work assiduously to provide adequate
security in every part of the state .