A 49-year-old man identified as Ganiyu Shina, has been arrested by the police for bathing with blood at a community river in Kotopo area of Odeda local government in Ogun State.
The suspect was said to had parked his Nissan commercial vehicle, came out with local sponge 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 cow.
The state police spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the remaining blood should be taken for laboratory analysis, to ascertain whether it is human blood or not.
Oyeyemi added that the police boss has also praised members of the community for not taking laws into their hands and assured them that the suspect will be properly investigated
