A 63-year-old man, Korede Odubela, has been arrested by the Ogun State
Police Command for allegedly killing his 16-year-old stepdaughter,
Amudat Oshimodi, for ritual purposes.
Police Command for allegedly killing his 16-year-old stepdaughter,
Amudat Oshimodi, for ritual purposes.
The suspect was said to have connived with another accomplice, Lekan
Lawal, to commit the crime at Imosan village, in the Odogbolu Local
Government Area of the state.
Lawal, to commit the crime at Imosan village, in the Odogbolu Local
Government Area of the state.
Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu,said Odubela, who was the leader
of the gang, connived with Lawal to strangle Oshimodi, after which they
sold her head and hands to ritual killers.
of the gang, connived with Lawal to strangle Oshimodi, after which they
sold her head and hands to ritual killers.
The police commissioner said the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
received information about their activities and swooped on them on
Monday, November 7, 2016.
received information about their activities and swooped on them on
Monday, November 7, 2016.
Odubela said he connived with Lawal to kill his stepdaughter because the
16-year-old girl was always stealing her mother’s money.
16-year-old girl was always stealing her mother’s money.
He said, “The mother said we should kill her as a sacrifice for other
children she had. She (Oshimodi) normally slept by the outside door. On
that day, around 12 midnight, I invited Lekan Lawal, and he held the
girl by the neck and strangled her while I held her legs.”
Odubela said he sold Amudat’s head to his son, Seun, a herbalist who
paid him N3,000, as part payment.However, Odubela’s wife, Fausat, denied
asking her husband to kill her daughter.
paid him N3,000, as part payment.However, Odubela’s wife, Fausat, denied
asking her husband to kill her daughter.
Iliyasu said the case was still under investigation, while the corpse of
Amudat had been deposited at the morgue of the Ijebu Ode General
Hospital.
Amudat had been deposited at the morgue of the Ijebu Ode General
Hospital.