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21-yr-old undergraduate killed, dismembered, cooked at Ogun shrine

Police have discovered the dismembered corpse of a 21-year old female student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, at a shrine in Ogun state.

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Police have discovered the dismembered corpse of a 21-year old female student of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, at a shrine in Ogun state.

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The student has been identified as Miss Morenikeji Owolabi, a native of Ekiti State, had been declared missing in the 7th of June.

According to Daily Trust reports, Owolabi was lured to the shrine which is located at Eposo-Akaka community, Isara, in Remo North LGA, Ogun State, by a herbalist, Femi Awise.

The Ogun state commissioner of police, Valentine Ntomchukwu, led a team of journalists to the shrine, constructed with corrugated iron sheets.

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Inside, they discovered a lot of fetish items.

An iron mesh was filled with some cooked flesh of the victim.

Parts of Owolabi’s body were exhumed from a shallow grave near the shrine, with vital parts like her head, breasts, hands, and genital missing.

Something that looked like her heart was reportedly found roasting on fire outside the shrine.

Ntomchukwu said the shrine was discovered "through a discreet investigation.”

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"We were able to track the okada rider that took her to the shrine," he said.

"I would not know what would make some people to brutally cut down a girl in this manner."

He added that five persons have been arrested in the course of investigations but Awise himself is still on the run.

“Five suspects have been arrested and investigation has commenced, we will leave no stone unturned to get the other fleeing suspects."

The arrested suspects are; Adeyemi Ademolu, Omolaso Taiwo, Lateef Ali, Akinyemi Dare, and Sokoya Wasiu.

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Ademolu, a commercial motorcyclist who conveyed Morenikeji to the shrine, said the victim spoke with Awise twice while they were in transit.

The CP called on parents to monitor their wards.

"I am appealing to parents that it is not only enough to send their children to school, but they must do follow-up on them.”

The chairman of the LGA, Femi Soyemi, expressed shock at the discovery, adding that he "never expected this kind of horrible and brutal thing exists here."

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