Osun Police Nab Seven for Selling Human Body Parts and Corpse Bathing Water, Recover Ritual Items in Raid
In a disturbing revelation, the Osun State Police Command has apprehended seven individuals, including two mortuary attendants, for allegedly trafficking human remains and water used to bathe corpses.
On Wednesday, Acting Police Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Giwa-Alade announced the arrests, identifying the mortuary attendants as Johnson Daniel, 43, and Adetunji Okunade, 42. The investigation was triggered by a tip-off regarding Daniel’s illicit activities at his mortuary in Ipetu-Ijesa, where he reportedly sold corpses’ remains to native doctors for ritualistic purposes.
According to Giwa-Alade, Daniel admitted to collaborating with Okunade to sell water used in corpse bathing to interested practitioners. Subsequent searches of the suspects’ residences yielded alarming findings, including suspected human skull fragments at the homes of Asaka Rauf and Oladapo Hammed, as well as a female pant and a notebook detailing ritual instructions at Balogun Temitope Asimiyu’s location.
In a related matter, three individuals were arrested for promoting the Yoruba Nation in Osun State. Oluwafemi Fagbuyi was detained while urging a crowd at Obada Market in Ikire to reject their allegiance to Nigeria, claiming that the nation ceased to exist after 2014.
The police transferred the cases to the State Criminal Investigation Department, leading to the arrests of Joy Faseyiku, 63, and Alabede Janet, 64, in connection with the Yoruba Nation advocacy.
The investigation has concluded, and all suspects are now facing charges in the Federal High Court.
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