According to his confession , he
said to have burnt the throat in a clay pot with some ritual materials and later mixed the burnt powder with soap for a money ritual, also known as ‘Osole’ in Yoruba language.
While parading the suspect alongside others also nabbed for other various degrees of offences at the state police headquarters in Osogbo, the command Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs Yemisi Opalola, described the act as wicked and callous.
She stated that the perpetrator of the inhuman act who was said to have removed the deceased throat with a sharp knife on the 9th of July, 2024 at his residence in Oba-oke town in the state, reportedly slitted his throat in the middle of the night while his victim was deeply asleep.
The PPRO added that the suspect was apprehended by the police detective after intelligence information received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Oke-Odo Division Osogbo, over the murder of a 35-year-old man, Emmanuel Collins, in the town.
She further disclosed that Ganiyu confessed to the crime that he went to the deceased’s residence with a knife where he met him sleeping because he was sick.
“That he slaughtered the deceased with the kitchen knife and removed his throat.