Ganiyu Shina, 49, was detained by Ogun State Police Command officers for reportedly bathing in blood at a communal river in the Kotopo neighbourhood of Odeda local government.
According to reports, the man was detained on Thursday at number 4 Oguji Street in Obantoko, Abeokuta.
SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s police public relations officer, revealed this in a statement on Thursday.
Oyeyemi claims that the man was apprehended after locals saw him at the riverbank where he had parked his Nissan commercial vehicle, coming out with a local sponge and a container full of blood, and beginning to take a bath with it.
He said “Immediately he discovered that some people are watching him, he took to his heels but was chased and apprehended by members of the community.
“A call was made to the police at Aregbe divisional headquarters by a member of the community, and the DPO, SP Bunmi Asogbon, quickly led the patrol team to the scene, from where the suspect was brought to the station.
“On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have a spiritual problem, and that a herbalist instructed him to perform the ritual.
“He claimed further that the blood in his possession is not human blood, but that of a cow.”
However, according to Oyeyemi, Lanre Bankole, the commissioner of police, has ordered that the remaining blood be collected for testing at a lab to determine whether or not it is human blood.
He claimed that the CP also commended community members for abiding by the law, and he reassured them that the suspect will be thoroughly investigated.
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