Police arrest suspected ritualist for mutilating 18-year-old neighbour’s corpse in Osun

The Osun State Police Command has arrested a suspected ritualist, Saheed Babalola, for allegedly desecrating a corpse in Feesu group, close to Iwo, Osun State.

The deceased, an 18-year-old lady residing in the identical home with Babalola, was mentioned to have handed away from unnatural trigger on Sunday, October 11, 2026 and was buried the identical day throughout the premises the place she had lived.

It was additionally gathered that Babalola joined different mourners to bury the deceased.

But within the early hours of Monday, Babalola and two others, whose identities couldn’t be instantly ascertained, allegedly returned to the burial website, exhumed the corpse and severed its head and wrist.

Luck, nevertheless, ran out on Babalola when some residents within the neighbourhood, reacting to unusual sounds coming from the burial website, swung into motion and caught him within the act, whereas his accomplices fled the scene.

People within the neighbourhood apprehended Babalola and handed him over to the police.

The spokesperson for the command, Abiodun Ojelabi, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday mentioned Babalola was cooperating with operatives investigating the matter.

The PPRO mentioned the deceased and the suspect had been neighbours at Olomo Compound, Feesu, Iwo.

“Police officers went to the scene, and the suspect, Saheed Babalola, was arrested. The incident occurred on October 12. The deceased was buried on the eleventh. The report mentioned that the neighbours heard a wierd noise, and once they went out, they met Saheed the place they buried the deceased,” he mentioned.

“He was arrested by the police in Iwo Division, but he has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The State CID went further with the investigation and discovered where he kept the head and the hand of the victim.

“We were able to recover the head and the hand. Investigation is still ongoing. Both the suspect and the deceased lived at the same address in Olomo Compound, Feesu in Iwo.”