Ritualist Allegedly Kills 21-year-old Female Student in Ogun

Men of Ogun State police command, Tuesday, uncovered a ritualist’s shrine at Eposo-Akaka, Isara, in Remo North Local Government of Ogun State with dismembered human parts suspected to be those of a female student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Morenikeji Owolabi.

The shrine which was made with corrugated iron sheets in a cubicle form, contained boiled and smoked human parts. The boiled human parts, including liver, intestines and spleen in earthenware containers, was on a table and a well-laid arm chair, covered with cloth.

There were also bottles of palm oil and other liquid forms littering the floor, while knives and plates were also found inside. Near the shrine was a small kitchen where something that looked like the victim’s heart was being smoked on fire outside. A few metres away from the shrine were also decomposing legs of the victim dug out of the shallow grave where they were buried but the head of the victim and other parts such as breasts, hands, and vagina, among others, were not found.

The state commissioner of police, Valentine Ntomchukwu, who led a team of newsmen to the shrine located inside the forest, disclosed that the 21-year-old victim who hailed from Ekiti State but lived at Isara, was lured to the shrine by a herbalist, Femi Awise, who is currently on the run.

Ntomchukwu said the ritualist-turned cannibal is a native of Isara who lived at Jabata area of the rustic town.
He said investigation had commenced to unravel the circumstances that led to Morekeji’s murder and the motive behind it.