Police have arrested a herbalist, identified as Owolabi Mesioye, and his friend, Oloruntoyin, for allegedly murdering an unnamed man for human sacrifice in Ogun State.

According to reports, the accused committed the offence at about 10 pm on March 28, 2019 at Alaako-Ijeun Egboro area of Abeokuta, the state capital.

When the body of the victim was discovered, some vital organs were found missing.

The suspect, Oloruntoyin, allegedly lured the unidentified victim to his home near Mesioye’s residence at night and then beckoned to his accomplice herbalist that he had brought the sacrificial man for the propitiation they earlier discussed.

Report says that the duo later lured the victim to the back of Oloruntoyin’s residence, where they succeeded in making him unconscious with the aid of a charm he was hit with.

Suspicion set in when Oloruntoyin neighbours, who saw him when he brought the unidentified man home, did not see the man again as he returned home alone.

The concerned neighbours thereafter launched a two-day search for the missing man until he was discovered floating on a fish pond at the back of Oloruntoyin’s house.

Since the human sacrifice scandal broke out, the herbalist, Mesioye, who was to celebrate his annual Ifa festival on March 30 had denied his involvement, saying he was falsely accused by neighbours out of hatred.

He went further to accuse the residents of the area of being unfriendly to him and doing everything to bring him down including this particular \frame up.’

While giving an update on the case, the Police spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta. The same station where the two suspects are currently on detention.