Ogun State Police Command has discovered a dismembered body in a sack in the Ogijo community of the state, leading to an investigation.

In a statement, the Command said a dismembered female corpse was found in a sack, adding that the matter is a suspected case of ritual killing.

“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.

“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 statement read.

According to the police, investigations suggest that the body was dumped at the location.

The police added that 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.


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