49-year-old Man Apprehended by Police for Bathing With Blood in Ogun State

• A man in his late forties has been nabbed by the police for bathing with blood in the southwest state of Ogun
• Community members in the area raised an alarm after they spotted the man carrying out the act in a river
• The police say they will now ascertain if the blood was that of a human being or an animal as claimed by the man

Abeokuta - Operatives of the Ogun police command have arrested a 49-year-old man, Ganiyu Shina, for allegedly bathing with blood at a river bank, in Kotopo area of Abeokuta, the state capital

A statement issued by the police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi and seen by Legit.ng on Thursday, December 15, said that the suspect who was a resident of No 4, Oguji street, Obantoko, Abeokuta, was arrested while perpetrating the act on the same day.

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He was said to have been apprehended at a community river in Kotopo area of Odeda local government.

According to the police spokesman, the suspect was arrested when members of the community sighted him at the River Bank, where he parked his Nissan commercial vehicle, came out with local sponge and a container filled with blood and started bathing with it.

The statement added:

“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 where the suspect was arrested.

“On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have a spiritual problem, and that a herbalist instructed him to perform the ritual.

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“He claimed further that the blood in his possession is not human blood, but that of cow.”

The state commissioner of police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the remaining blood should be taken for laboratory analysis to ascertain whether it was human blood or not.

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“The ethos of the police force is something we have to take seriously.”

Source: Legit.ng