TWO YAHOO BOYS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE RITUAL KILLING OF A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspects in the murder and mutilation of a 40-year-old man, Abdullahi Azeez, for money rituals.

The suspects, identified as Friday Abinya Odeh, 21, and Poso Idowu, 20, were apprehended on September 29 after the victim's relatives filed a report at Owode Egba Divisional Headquarters.

According to the command's spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement issued on Sunday, October 9, the victim's relatives told the police that Azeez left his home in the Kobape area of Abeokuta on June 8, 2022, and did not return.

He claims that, "In compliance with the CP's directive, the SP Taiwo Opadiran led team subsequently embarked on technical and intelligence based investigation which led them to the hideout of Friday Abinya Odeh on the 22nd of September 2022, where the Airtel Sim card of the victim was recovered. His arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice Poso Idowu.

During interrogation, the suspects admitted that they kidnapped the victim on June 8, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kobape area, took him to the bush, killed him, and mutilated his body.

They also admitted that the ritual was prescribed for them by a herbalist simply known as Arab Money, whom they claimed to have contacted on Facebook.

"All efforts to recover the remains of the victim proved abortive as the suspects claimed to have disposed of it." the statement read.