Police recover 2-yr-old boy’s severed head in Ibadan

The Ogun state Police command
has recovered the head of the 2 year
old boy that was killed on April 16 by
suspected ritualist, Mamodu Bashir
Ibrahim. Mamodu had raped the little
boy's mother at uncompleted building
at Ofada town in Obafemi/Owode local
government area of Ogun State before
killing and beheading the boy. The man
was later arrested by men of the
Criminal Investigation Department on
April 22, he took the police team to
where he hid the little boy's severed
head.

According to the state Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi,
who spoke with Vanguard, the head was
found inside a bag in Mokola area of
Ibadan of Oyo state.

"He has confessed to the crime,
but still keeping some information
to himself regarding those that
sent him to get the commodity.

The suspect took the investigation
team to Mokola area of Ibadan
where the head was recovered
from a bag in the bush. The
Commissioner of Police in Ogun
state, has however directed the
detectives to intensify efforts to
uncover the buyers and others
who engage in such dirty deals"
he said

Meanwhile officials of the National
Security & Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC,
in Ogun State, yesterday arrested 32-
year-old man, Olusegun Kehinde
(pictured above), for allegedly
kidnapping a nine-month-old boy, Malik
Ogundeyi on Wednesday April 23 at No
1 Elegbede House Ore-meji street,
Ijeun-Titun area of Abeokuta.

In a statement released by the Public
Relations Officer of the NSCDC in the
state, Olanrewaju Kareem, said he was
arrested following an alarm raised by
the boys mother
"Men of the corps on patrol of
PHCN facilities within Abeokuta
arrested the suspect as a result
of alarm raised by the child’s
mother, Mrs Olanike Ogundeyi,
when she saw her nine month-old
baby, Malik Ogundeyi, with the
suspect. According to Mrs Olanike
Ogundeyi, the child was
kidnapped when he strayed away
while the mother was busy
washing. She explained further
that she left the baby in the
passage while she left to pour
used water at the backyard.

The suspect claimed he lives at
Okanlawon’s compound, Oke-
Ijeun, Abeokuta South Local
Government Area of Ogun State
during interrogation.” he said