Alfa Mutiu Olanrewaju, a 34-year-old man, Adebowale Abdulsalam, 24-year-old man and Fatai Akanji, a 37-year-old man has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for being in possession of different body parts in Osogbo.
The Osun State Police Spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, who paraded the suspects on Wednesday revealed that Fatai Akanji was the first suspect who was arrested by the police during a stop and search and the suspect was the one who also gave them useful information that led to the arrest of the other suspects, Daily Post Nigeria reports.
However, the suspect, Fatai Akanji while speaking to newsmen confessed to the crime and revealed that he usually buys the human body parts from Ogbomoso, Oyo state at the rate of N2000 to N5000, depending on the body size of the body and then he would transport them to Osun state where he sells it to the other suspects.
Continuing speaking, Fatai Akanji noted that on the day he was arrested, he already bought the body parts and kept them in 7 different polythene bags and hid them in a bag of garri while traveling from Ogbomoso and he never thought that anyone could know he has such thing in possession. The suspect said, “I bought the human parts for N5K,” suspect confesses. “And hid it in a bag of garri while traveling from Ogbomoso.”
The other suspect, Alfa Adebowale narrated that he was the one who usually sell the human body parts to Fatai Akanji and they bought met when he visited one of his relatives at Ifon-Osun and since then they have been partnering in crime.
Nevertheless, the Osun State Police Command Spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola commended the public for assisting the police with useful information that led to the arrest of the suspects.
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