Police arrest suspected female ritualist with N166,700 cash and school uniforms in Kwara

Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected feminine ritualist within the Kulende space of Ilorin.

Spokesperson of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi, who confirmed the event in an announcement, mentioned that the arrest was made by the boys of Kulende Divisional Police Headquarters, Ilorin at the side of members of the neighborhood within the early hours of Thursday, March 17.

The suspect is presently being held on the state Felony Investigations Division (CID), Kwara State Police headquarters for additional investigations.

Ajayi mentioned the suspect who seemed to be mentally unstable, had in her possession college uniforms, notebooks, textbooks and monies of various denominations, totalling N166,700:00 when she was arrested.

It was additionally gathered {that a} man in a black SUV Jeep was discovered with the suspect at about 6:00 am when she was arrested, and that the person zoomed off instantly he seen the presence of the Police.

The girl, in keeping with the police spokesman confessed that the fleeing man got here to have sexual activity along with her.

“Intelligence obtainable to the Command prompted the surveillance mounted across the space which was the bottom of the suspected ritualist led to her arrest as we speak 17/3/2022 at about 0600hrs,” the assertion reads.

“Within the technique of her arrest, a person in a black SUV Jeep discovered with the suspect zoomed off instantly he seen the presence of the police.

“In the middle of the arrest, college uniforms, notebooks, textbooks and monies of various denominations totalling 100 and sixty-six thousand and 7 hundred naira (#166,700:00) was present in her possession.

“The suspect said that the person met along with her as on the time of the arrest got here to have intercourse along with her and to offer her water”, he mentioned.

The PPRO mentioned that efforts to arrest the fleeing man within the SUV by the Police have been ongoing.

He mentioned that the Commissioner of Police has ordered a discreet investigation into the matter, whereas additionally directing that the suspect be taken to the hospital to determine the situation of her psychological well being.

In the meantime, a resident of the Kulende neighborhood, Mr Kudus Saheed, mentioned the suspect had lived in a shanty on the roadside for about three years.