The Ondo State Police Command have arrested three suspected ritualists for killing two female students of the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo Town.
According to reports, the two students were abducted, murdered and their bodies mutilated for money rituals.
The victims, Oladepo Blessing and Oluwasemilore Mary, were said to have been missing for about a week before police detectives discovered their decomposing bodies.
The victims allegedly left their residences and did not return, following which their friends raised the alarm.
Luck however ran out for the suspected ritualists when one of them was arrested during a robbery operation Ondo town and his confession led to the arrest of the other two suspects. They were said ro have told tje police of their various criminal escapades in recent time across the state. They later led the police to where the decomposing bodies of their victims were dumped.
Confirming the incident, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph, disclosed that the mutilated and decomposing bodies of the students have been recovered by detectives who are interrogating the two suspects.
“We have arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of the victims for money ritual. They include John Adenikiri, also known as Emir; Fisayo Fasanu, Abore, and a herbalist Alfa Abdurafiu.”
He further explained that Adenikiri and Fasanu confessed that they sold the mutilated bodies to Abdurafiu, who used them for ritual.
According to Joseph, Adenikiri and Fasanu were arrested in Ondo town, while Abdurafi was arrested in Ore, Odigbo Local Govern-ment Area of the state.
