By Kola Alhassan
There was palpable tension in Oke Aregba community in Ogun State on Saturday as three teenage boys were reportedly caught burning the head of a young girl for money rituals.
Sources said a community security guard, identified as Segun Adewusi, had observed in the early hours of Saturday morning that some boys were burning something in a local pot.
However, the Divisional Police Officer, Adatan Division, Abiodun Salau led detectives to the scene and arrested the three suspects after the boyfriend of the murdered girl, Soliu Majekodumi, 18, absconded.
The suspects are Wariz Oladehinde, 17 years, Abdul Gafar Lukman 19 years and Mustakeem Balogun 20 years.
According to a source, Soliu is now cooling his heels in police net.
The suspects confessed they beheaded the girl identified as Rofiat and burned her head and put her remains in a sack.
Soliu reportedly lured the girl to his room and told one of his friends to slaughter her with a knife.
It was learnt that the body of the deceased was recovered and deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
In a statement,he said: “On interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed that what they were burning in the local pot is the head of the girlfriend of their escaped accomplice.
“They confessed further that the girl who was simply identified as Rofiat was lured by her boyfriend simply identified as Soliu to where she was murdered by four of them, after which they cut off her head and packed the remains in a sack, and dumped it in an old building.
“They subsequently led policemen to the building, where the dismembered body was recovered and deposited at general hospital mortuary for autopsy. The short cutlass and a knife used in cutting off the deceased head were also recovered.”
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