In a disturbing expose, six individuals, including mortuary attendants, have been arrested in Osun for their alleged involvement in the illicit trade of human parts, sparking widespread outrage and calls for justice

The Osun State Police Command on Wednesday said it had arrested seven suspects for selling human parts and water used to bathe corpses in the state.

A statement signed by the acting Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State Police Command, Mr Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, said the suspects arrested included two mortuary attendants, Johnson Daniel, aged 43, and Adetunji Okunade, aged 42 years.

Giwa-Alade, who listed others arrested for the crime as, Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope, Oladapo  Hammed, Kazeem Rasaq, and Asaka Rauf, said the suspects were arrested upon credible information from a good-spirited individual that, Daniel, a mortuary attendant at lpetu-ljesa was selling remains of corpses deposited at the mortuary where he worked to native doctors.

“The said suspects use these remains from the mortuary attendant (Johnson Daniel) for different ritual purposes. Daniel also confessed that he conspired with one other mortuary attendant named Adetunji Okunade ‘m’ to sell the remnant of water used in bathing corpses to interested native doctors.

In the course of an investigation, a search was conducted at the residences of these suspects which led to the recovery of fragments of substances suspected to be a human skull at Asaka Rauf ‘m’ and Oladapo Hammed ‘m’’s residences, while a female pant and a notebook containing instructions on ritual practices were recovered from Balogun Temitope Asimiyu’s residence,” Giwa-Alade said.
“The case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department after preliminary investigation. Through diligent investigation, Joy Faseyiku, ‘F’, 63 years and Alabede Janet, ‘F’, 64 years, were arrested in Osogbo and Ikire town, respectively, in connection with the crime. The investigation has been concluded, and the suspects have been charged to Federal High Court accordingly.”