A woman, Idowu Ogunkoya, has died in the shrine of a traditional priest, Lekan Olukolu, at the Ago -Iwoye area of Ogun State.
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Idowu, 25, as she was fondly called was taken to Shrine of Ayilala Priest by her parents for spiritual cleansing of alleged witchcraft.
Ogun State police public relations officer, DSP. Abimbola Oyeyemi, said “: The arrest of the Ayilara priest, was as a result of complaint lodged by Lucky Oghenetega, who reported at Ago-Iwoye divisional headquarters, that the deceased who was his fiancé was taken to the shrine of the priest by her parents for spiritual cleansing because they suspected her to possess witchcraft spirit.
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” He stated further that when the deceased got to the shrine, the priest shaved her head and gave her a liquid substance to drink in order to be delivered of her alleged witchcraft. The deceased slumped and died immediately after taking the liquid substance.
” On the strength of the report, the DPO Ago-Iwoye division, CSP Adeola Adedoyin, led detectives to the shrine situated at Ojuolota area of Ijesha road in Ago-Iwoye where the priest was promptly arrested alongside with the father of the deceased, Temitayo Ogunkoya ‘’.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Cp Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the State Criminal investigation and intelligence department for proper investigation.
The CP also warned members of the public to desist from primitive and barbaric ways of dealing with matters especially issues that have to do with human life as the command would not tolerate such archaic lifestyle, capable of terminating innocent people’s life unnecessarily.
