Update: Oyo Police arrests Malik Kareem’s killer
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected ritual killers, including suspects who murdered 14-year-old Malik Kareem.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Ayodele Sonubi, paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Eleyele on Friday, August 16, 2024.
Ayodele revealed that Adekunle sold Malik Kareem’s head and legs for N70,000 to Rashidat Akanji at Oje Market.
The Commissioner said, “Further confessions revealed that on August 7, 2024, Adekunle and his accomplices killed Malik Kareem, severed his head and legs, and sold them to Rashidat Akanji at Oje Market for N70,000.
“On August 11, 2024, at approximately 06:30hrs, a search warrant was executed at the suspects’ premises, where fresh flesh was recovered. Adekunle confessed that this flesh was part of Malik Kareem, whom they killed on August 7, 2024.
“During the investigation, suspects Muniru Salawudeen, Rashidat Akanji, Ismail Olalekan, and Obaleye Sanmi were arrested. They confessed to buying various human parts for rituals from Adekunle Mohammed.
“On August 10, 2024, at about 00:15hrs, Ayede reported an offensive odour emanating from a building owned by Muhammad Adekunle, who is not usually resident there but visits at odd hours
“Operatives from Moniya Divisional Police Headquarters responded and discovered a dry well containing mutilated human remains.
“The remains of three unidentified bodies were removed to the State Hospital Morgue for preservation and autopsy. Photographs were also taken,”
