The suspects are Akinyele Adebayo, Gbalo Idosu, Abiala Segun and Kareem Fagbemi Lana.
They were arrested following a report lodged by one Umaru Jakake, who reported that while he and his brother, Umaru Aliyu, were grazing their cattle at Ijagunre village, they were accosted by one Ojugbele, who warned them not to take their cattle near his farm.
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He said that upon the warning, they took their cattle to the other side of the bush for grazing. But the said Ojugbele later called another two men who started chasing them about in the bush.
The complainant further stated that he managed to escape, but the whereabout of his brother Umaru Aliyu is yet to be known since then.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta on Monday.
Oyeyemi said that upon the report, the case was incidented at Imeko divisional headquarters, but was transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments Eleweran for discreet investigation.
The case was assigned to SP Kehinde Beyioku-led Homicide section, who there and then embarked on technical and intelligence-based investigation to unravel the whereabout of the missing herdsman.
The investigation led to the arrest of Kareem Fagbemi Lana, who confessed to the police that it was one Ojugbele, who called him from his own farm to inform him of the presence of herdsmen in their farm vicinity, and that he should come and join him to chase them away.JAMB Portal
He confessed further that he also called Abiala Segun, who came with his dane gun and the three of them started chasing the herdsmen. While chasing them, Kareem Fagbemi Lana collected the dane gun and shot one of the herdsmen Umaru Aliyu to death.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to CanadaAfter killing him, they invited Akinyele Adebayo, whose farm is nearby, and informed him of the incident. 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.
They then took the remaining parts of the body to town and buried it in front of Gbalo Idosu house.
Lana’s confession led to the arrest of three others while Ojugbele is still on the run as deceased’s head and other body parts have been recovered by the policemen.NYSC Portal
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