Police Break Silence On Herdsmen Attack On School Of Health Technology In Ilesha

The Osun State Police Command has confirmed to AllNews Nigeria that the reported attack in Ilesha, School of Health Technology by herdsmen is false.

The Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode affirmed that no resident or student was kidnapped on Friday as speculated.

Olawale explained that people around the institution panicked when they were misinformed about an impending invasion.

Olokode said the shooting in the air by hunters and vigilantes heightened the tension and panic.

The police chief confirmed that no attack or abduction was recorded, and assured of the safety of lives and property.

He advised residents to remain calm and go about their lawful businesses without fear.

In another news, the police in Osun have arrested Kabiru Oyedun, 39, for being in possession of dismembered body parts of a yet-to-be-identified woman allegedly for money rituals.

The State's Police Commissioner, while parading the suspect with the body parts of the victim on Friday in Osogbo, said he was arrested on Thursday, at about 9 pm in his house, in Apomu Town, Isokan Local Government Area of the state.

Mr. Olokode said the suspect was arrested with the dismembered body parts kept in his house following credible information from the public.

He said the suspect, in collaboration with one of his friends called Akin, who is still at large, killed the victim at the suspect’s house, where they removed vital parts of her body.

According to the commissioner, Akin, now at large, was the one who brought the victim to the suspect’s house, informing him that the girl was his girlfriend whom he wanted to kill for a money ritual.

Mr Olokode said the victim was invited from Ibadan by his boyfriend to Apomu, where she was killed and her body parts removed for money rituals.

He said the Divisional Police Officer at Apomu led police officers to recover the body parts of the victim, adding that the police are on the trail of the victim’s boyfriend (Akin).

He, however, called on parents to always monitor their children and wards to know the kind of people they associate with.