Farmers kill herdsman in Ogun, cut body parts for ritual

<p>“It was Akinyele Adebayo who helped them to dismember the body after telling them that he needs the head of the deceased for certain ritual and they all agreed with him to take it,” Oyeyemi stated.</p>, <p>He added that the suspects later took the remaining parts of the body to Tamake town and buried same in front of Gbalo Idosu’s house.</p>, <p>The Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident on Monday morning, said the four farmers also dismembered the body of the herder for ritual purposes.</p>, <p>Lana had confessed to the police that it was Ojugbele who called to inform him of the presence of herdsmen near their farms, “and that he should come and join him to chase them away.”</p>, <p>“After killing him, they invited Akinyele Adebayo whose farm is nearby and informed him of the incident.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has ordered that the fleeing Ojugbele be brought to book, directing that the arrested suspects be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.</p>, <p>Some farmers have allegedly murdered a herdsman, identified as Umaru Aliyu, in the Imeko area of Ogun State.</p>, <p>He reportedly confessed further that Ojugbele also called Abiala Segun, who came with his dane gun and the three of them started chasing the herdsmen.</p>, <p>”The confession of Kareem Fagbemi Lana led to the arrest of three others, while Ojugbele is still on the run,” he said, disclosing that the deceased’s head and other body parts were recovered by the policemen.</p>, <p>”While chasing them, Kareem Fagbemi Lana collected the dane gun and shot one of the herdsmen Umaru Aliyu to death.</p>, <p>Oyeyemi identified the suspects as: Akinyele Adebayo, Gbalo Idosu, Abiala Segun and Kareem Fagbemi Lana.</p>, <p>He said they were arrested following a report lodged by one Umaru Jakake, who told the police that while he and his brother, Aliyu were grazing their cattle at the said Ijagunre village, they were accosted by one Ojugbele, who warned them not