49-years old man, Ganiyu Shina of No 4, Oguji street, Obantoko Abeokuta, was on Thursday arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for bathing with blood at a community river in Kotopo area of Odeda local government.
According to statement from the Spokesman of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ganiyu Shina was arrested when members of the community sighted him at the the river bank, where he parked his Nissan commercial vehicle, came out with local sponge and a container filled with blood and started bathing with it.
The statement disclosed that immediately Ganiyu discovered that some people were watching him, he took to his heels, but was chased and apprehended by members of the community.
A call was said to have been made to the police at Aregbe divisional headquarters by a member of the community, while the DPO, SP Bunmi Asogbon quickly led the patrol team to the scene, from where the suspect was brought to the station.
On interrogation, Ganiyu was said to have told the police that he has a spiritual problem, and that a herbalist instructed him to perform the ritual. He claimed further that the blood in his possession is not human blood, but that of cow.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the remaining blood should be taken for laboratory analysis, to ascertain whether it is human blood or not.
The CP also praised members of the community for not taken laws into their hands, he therefore assured them that the suspect will be properly investigated.
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