The Ogun State Police Command has ordered a full-scale investigation into the killing of two suspected ritualists in the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Sunday, condemned the lynching of the suspects, who were allegedly caught with a human head in Oja-Odan, in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state.
The statement read in part, “Following an unlawful killing and setting ablaze of two suspected ritualists in the Oja-Odan area of Ogun State on Saturday, February 12, 2022, the Ogun State Police Command wishes to warn the general public that such a barbaric and unlawful action will no longer be tolerated.
“In the early hours of Saturday, February 12, 2022, two suspected ritualists were arrested and brought to the Oja-Odan divisional headquarters by some vigilant and law-abiding members of the public, with an allegation that a fresh human head concealed in a sack was seen with them.
“While the suspects were being interrogated in the station, some unscrupulous elements went and mobilised a large number of people, who invaded the station aggressively, overwhelmed the police personnel on duty, and subsequently hijacked the suspects, beat them to death and set their corpses ablaze.
“In view of the incident, the command wishes to sound a note of warning to those who are always in the habit of taking the law into their hands to desist from such uncivilised behaviour as the command will henceforth deal with whoever carry out such an action in the most decisive manner.
“A suspect remains a suspect until he or she is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction no matter how grievous the crime he is suspected to have committed may be.”
The PPRO said the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident with a view to bringing to justice those who participated in the “barbaric and unlawful killing of the suspects.” Copyright PUNCH
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