The
Ondo State Police Command has arrested two teachers identified as Blessing
Omowera and Sola Kalejaye for allegedly using human parts for ritual purpose.
According
to the police, the duo allegedly collected the fingernails and blood of the
pupils of Heritage Nursery and Primary School, Ondo town, Ondo State.
While
Omowera works at the nursery and primary school, Kalajaye, is said to be a
teacher in a secondary school in the town.
It
was gathered that when one of the pupils got home, she informed her father what
the teacher did to her in the school, and the parents reported the matter at
the Ondo Area Command, Ondo.
The
victims are both three-year-old.
The
Police Public Relations Officer for the state police command, Mr. Femi Joseph,
explained that Omowera called the two pupils and cut their fingernails under
the pretence of cleaning them up.
The
PPRO also said as the suspect was cutting the finger nails of the pupils, she
intentionally cut the hands of the victims to bring out blood. She then cleaned
the bloodstained hand with a cloth.
Joseph
said, “We were informed that after the suspect (Omowera) had cut the hands of
the pupils, she cleaned up the blood with a cloth and took both the blood and
fingernails away .
“After
she was arrested, she confessed that she was sent by somebody who wanted to use
the blood and fingernails for ritual purposes; that was why we arrested the
sender (Kalejaye).”
The
police spokesman noted that Omowera had already been charged to court, while
Kalejaye was still in custody undergoing interrogation.
“He
(Kalejaye) too will soon be charged to court,” Joseph said.
The
father of one of the pupils, Mr. Ambrose Akinnodi, called on the state
government and human rights activists in the country to assist his family in
ensuring that justice was done in the matter.
It
was gathered that the two pupils had been withdrawn from the school.
-Punch
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