Tuesday, December 23, 2025 - The Osun State Police Command has arrested three men over the alleged unlawful possession of human parts, conspiracy and disrespect for a corpse in Ile-Ogbo town.
The suspects, according to a statement issued by the
Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, on behalf of the
Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, were identified as 47-year-old Taiwo
Ogunbode, 52-year-old Thomas Ogo, and 30-year-old Lateef Afeez.
The police stated on Monday that the arrests followed
credible intelligence received on December 3, 2025, indicating that some
individuals were in possession of human parts in Ile-Ogbo, near Iwo.
“Acting on the information, operatives from Iwo Area Command
swiftly moved to the location and arrested the suspects inside a dilapidated
building.
“Items recovered from the suspects included two plastic
containers holding human skin, a white gown allegedly used to bury a corpse,
and two dried bones suspected to be human.
“Other exhibits listed by the police were 21 pieces of teeth
suspected to be human teeth, four horns wrapped with red cloth, three small
nylon bags containing suspected human hair, and a small knife,” the statement
said.
The police also recovered a substance suspected to be Indian
hemp and a cash sum of N127,000 from the suspects.
According to the police, “the suspects confessed to the
crime and admitted that they exhumed the human parts from a grave at a Muslim
cemetery in the Gaa-Fulani area of Ile-Ogbo.
“They stated that the human parts were intended for
money-making rituals. Further investigations revealed that the suspects
allegedly belonged to a syndicate that specialised in exhuming corpses from
cemeteries for criminal purposes.”
The statement further disclosed that the suspects would be
charged in court upon the conclusion of investigations.
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