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).”
According to Punch, 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gathered that the two pupils had been withdrawn from the school.
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