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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A man said to be a mortuary attendant has been arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for cutting off the head of a deceased boy.<\/p>\n

The man, who was identified as Kushimo Lukman, was arrested by men of the Ogun State Government-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

The So-Safe Corps said the suspect was \u201can acclaimed mortuary attendant working with MABOD at Oke-Yidi, Abule Oloni, Abeokuta.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the spokesman, Moruf Yusuf, Lukman, who resides at 9, Abule Oloni, Oke Yidi, Abeokuta, was arrested by officers of the agency, while on routine patrol.<\/p>\n

He was apprehended \u201cafter he had beheaded the corpse of a male minor at the Oke Yidi cemetery in Abeokuta.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yusuf told DAILY POST that the suspect confessed during interrogation that \u201cthe beheaded corpse was brought to the cemetery from the Federal Medical Centre FMC, Abeokuta, after he died due to complications from a kidney disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suspect was quoted to have said that \u201cthe parents of the boy, who came from Ibadan, sought his assistance as a mortuary attendant to get the body buried,\u201d adding that \u201che buried the boy\u2019s body inside the cemetery, in the presence of his parents at about 19:00hrs on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the suspect was said to have later gone back to the cemetery at 6 am on Tuesday, \u201cto severe the head of the buried boy, and he was caught after a fierce fight with the So-Safe officers, who later overpowered him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yusuf added that the suspect \u201cconfessed that the fresh head was requested for by one Chief Ifalonishe (AKA Lanroye) at the rate of N50,000,\u201d saying \u201cit was supposed to be delivered to him at a designated point within Abeokuta.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the state Commander of the corps, Soji Ganzallo, has ordered the operation department of the corps to ensure that the accomplices are apprehended and brought to book alongside his numerous clients.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST learnt that the suspect has been handed over to the Ogun State Police Command, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation and likely prosecution.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. A man said to be a mortuary attendant has been arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for cutting off the head of a deceased boy. The man, who was identified as Kushimo Lukman, was arrested by men of the Ogun State Government-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps on Tuesday morning. 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