77-year-old
prophet Samuel Babatunde pictured above who is the founder of Cherubim and
Seraphim Church, Itedo Isinmi Ayo Parish, Egan Road in Iyana-Iyesi area of Ota
in Ogun state, has been arrested alongside three others, by men of the Ogun
State Police command, after some human parts were discovered to have been
buried inside his church premises.
Commissioner
of Police in the state, Ahmed Iliyasu, told newsmen while parading the suspects
yesterday, that the men were arrested after a serial children kidnapper,
Jeremiah Adeola, who was also arrested last Saturday, confessed that he abducts
children and delivers them to the 77-year-old prophet. The police boss said a
43-year-old herbalist, Haruna Afolabi, worked with the suspects to bury the
human parts at the entrance of the church.
"Operatives
attached to the police Area Command in Ota on Sunday received technical
intelligence about Adeola and eventually apprehended him. On the strength of
the intelligence, detectives from Ota Area Command were detailed to effect the
arrest of the suspect; and at about 10:20am of the date, their efforts paid off
when the said Jeremiah Adeola was promptly arrested".
He added
that after investigations have been concluded, the police charge the suspects
to court.
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