49-year-old man, Ganiyu Shina, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.

Shina who resides at Number 4,  Oguji street, Obantoko Abeokuta, was arrested on Thursday, December 15, 2022, for bathing with blood at a community river in kotopo area of Odeda local government .

According to r statement by Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun Police spokesperson, the suspect was arrested when members of the community sighted him at the river bank where he parked his Nissan commercial vehicle

"He came out with local spongen and a container filled with blood and started bathing with it.

Immediately he discovered that some people were 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, from where the suspect was brought to the station.

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

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

"Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has directed the remaining blood be taken to a laboratory to analysis to ascertain whether it's human blood or not."

The CP who assured them that the suspect will be thoroughly investigated also praised members of the community for not taken laws into their hands.