Police operatives in Osun State have arrested a suspected ritualist, identified as Saheed Babalola, for allegedly exhuming the corpse of an 18-year-old girl and removing her head and wrist in Feesu community, near Iwo.
According to reports, the deceased, who lived in the same compound as the suspect at Olomo Compound, Feesu, died under suspicious circumstances and was buried on October 11, 2026.
The suspect allegedly returned to the burial site in the early hours of October 12 with two accomplices, exhumed the corpse and severed the victim’s head and wrist.
Residents reportedly became suspicious after hearing strange noises from the burial ground. When they went to investigate, they allegedly caught Babalola at the scene, while the other two suspects fled.
The residents subsequently handed him over to the police.
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Confirming the incident, the Osun State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, said the suspect was initially arrested by officers of the Iwo Police Division before being transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
Ojelabi disclosed that investigators recovered the victim’s head and wrist from a location where the suspect had allegedly kept them.
He added that investigations were ongoing, while the suspect was cooperating with the police.
The incident comes amid reports of similar alleged corpse mutilation cases in parts of southwestern Nigeria, raising fresh concerns about suspected ritual-related crimes.
Babalola remains a suspect, and the allegations against him have yet to be determined by a court of law.
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