Reactions stirs as 20-Year-Old Son Kills Father for Money Ritual in ogun state

In Ogun State, a 20-year-old man named Ridwan was detained on suspicion of murdering his father as part of a money ritual.

In the state’s Ijebu North Local Government Area’s Oshoku Village, Ridwan was detained by members of the Ogun State So-Safe Corps.

Soji Ganzallo, the commander of the So-Safe Corps, was quoted by the corps’ spokeswoman, Moruf Yusuf, as saying that on Thursday during a regular patrol in Oshoku, officers of the corps heard an odd noise coming from a building.

In order to check what was happening, the officers entered the premises, according to Ganzallo, “but to the officers’ dismay, they found a man’s body lying lifeless in a pool of blood and the alleged killer fled the scene.”

Ganzallo claimed he gave Marcus Ayankoya, the Ijebu Zonal Command’s Zonal Commander, the order to apprehend the alleged murderer within a day.

“The suspected killer was nabbed where he was hiding in a bush.

“He confessed to have killed his father, Ishau, with a rope tied to his neck and a knife used to remove the needed parts of his body for ritual purpose,” he said.

The corps commander noted that the alleged killer told the officers of the corps during interrogation that “he only removed the private part, larynx, and just four teeth of his father as requested by a ritualist he identified as Baba Kekere.”

Ganzallo further disclosed that he refused to provide information when questioned about the ritualist’s whereabouts.

The alleged murderer, he said, had been moved to the Nigeria Police Force’s Ogbere Divisional Headquarters for additional investigation and maybe prosecution.