Police authorities in Ogun have discovered a dismembered body in a sack in the Ogijo community of the state, leading to an investigation
The police said the matter is a suspected case of ritual k!lling.
In a statement, the Ogun Police Command said a dismembered female corpse was found in a sack.
On February 16, 2025, at about 1510hrs, the Chairman of Sedu 2 Community, Ogijo, and two other community members, reported to the Ogijo Police Division that they had discovered an unidentified female, describing the features as light complexion, about thirty years and above, and fresh body in a fenced farmland within the community,” the statement read.
Upon receiving the report, detectives, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), swiftly mobilized to the scene. On Police officers’ arrival, they found the female corpse without a head and two hands, wrapped in a sack.”
The police said, “investigations suggest that the body was dumped at the location”.
“The crime scene was cordoned off and the remains have been deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, for preservation and further forensic examination.”
In the wake of the incident, the Commissioner of Police (CP) in Ogun Lanre Ogunlowo has ordered an immediate and thorough investigation to apprehend the culprits behind this heinous crime.
