Nemesis? Man found dead buried in grave

A 20 year old man identified by residence of Ilobu community in the Irepodun LGA of Osun State, as a member of a gang that has been disturbing the community has been found head
deep in a grave in the early hours of Wednesday
May 14th, after allegedly attempting to cut off the
head of a corpse, buried in Tonto compound in the
area. The suspect who was seen some hhours before his death fighting a lady over an undisclosed matter, was suspected to have gone with his accomplices who fled the scene in terror after seeing half of his body snag mysteriously in the grave.

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His death has generated concern among the
terrified residents of the Ilobu community.
It was gathered that the victim and his partners in
crime allegedly came to Tonto compound in the
early hours of Wednesday with a plot to exhume
the corpse of an aged woman and sever her
decomposed head, allegedly for ritual purposes.

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A credible source in the community, who did not
want to be named, told Saturday Tribune that “this
particular corpse was buried five years ago and the
suspected ritualist attended the burial in Ilobu.”
He explained: “There are indications that he did
not dig the grave alone. What we discovered is that
he may have been attempting to cut off the head
of the corpse when something suddenly hooked
him as he managed to force half of his body into
the grave to cut off the head.
“He got hooked and died on the spot, a
development which possibly compelled other
ritualists to run away from the scene so that they
may not be affected by the mysterious thing that
killed (their colleague).”
While commenting on how the residents of Ilobu
got to know about the incident, since it happened
in the wee hours, the source said a woman who
was hawking ogi (a local corn meal) early in the
morning of Wednesday spotted the torso of the
suspect sticking out of the grave and raised the
alarm.
“His corpse was discovered around 6.30am and
his head was covered in mud. The residents here
alerted the police division in Ilobu and they later
came to evacuate the body and put it in their van
before taking him away,” he said.
Saturday Tribune was informed that the remains of
the suspected ritualist were subsequently taken to
and deposited at the mortuary of the Ladoke
Akintola University Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH),
Osogbo, the state capital.
When contacted, the Commissioner of Police in
Osun State, Mr Ibrahim Maishanu, said he was
aware of the incident, and that the police would
conduct investigation to determine what led to the
suspect’s death.
He said the police could not confirm that the
suspect was a ritualist because of the
circumstances surrounding the discovery of his
corpse at a grave in Ilobu; that they would have to
investigate the matter before giving any concrete
information on the incident.
Source: Nigerian Tribune