Police operatives from the Ogun State Command, have arrested a couple with fresh human parts hidden in their house.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, in Abeokuta, the state capital.
The couple, Kehinde Oladimeji (aged 43) and his wife Adejumoke Raji (aged 35), who are residents of 72, MKO Abiola way Leme Abeokuta were arrested following a report lodged at Kemta Divisional Headquarters by a leader of the community, Moshood Ogunwolu.
The statement read: “The community leader reported that one Pastor Adisa Olarewaju who is a co-tenant with the suspects informed him of offensive odours coming out from the room of the suspects.
“Upon the complaint, the Divisional Police Officer, Kemta Division, Chief Superintendent of Police Adeniyi Adekunle quickly led his detectives to the scene where the search was conducted.
“On searching the room, a plastic bowl containing fresh different human parts were discovered in the room, and the couple, promptly arrested.”
According to the police spokesman, the suspects, upon interrogation, confessed they were herbalists. The couple said that the human parts, which comprised hands, breasts, and other parts, were given to them by one Michael who they claimed resided in the Adatan area of Abeokuta.
“All efforts to locate the said Michael proved abortive as the suspects could not locate his house,” the statement added.
The police said the dismembered body of an unknown person was found in a swamp area at Leme area of Abeokuta about a week ago, but it is not yet clear whether the parts are that of the found body or not.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects and the exhibits to the Homicide Section of the state criminal investigation and Intelligence Department for investigation, even as he vowed that anyone who is directly or indirectly involved would be prosecuted.