The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has apprehended one Samuel Adewunmi also known as Ifa Science for allegedly cutting the body part of a two-month-old baby for ritual purposes.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Dyke Ogbonnaya, in a statement said that the suspect was arrested after a tip-off by the victim’s father.

Ogbonnaya said the baby’s father had noticed a cut on the back of his baby’s head and raised the alarm which led to the arrest of the suspect.

“On May 1, 2025, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command Headquarters, Abeokuta, arrested one suspected ritualist by the name Samuel Adebisi Adewunmi (aka Ifa Science) for inflicting grievous bodily harm on a two-month-old baby.

“The tip-off came through one Kola Taiwo, a 53-year-old man, when he noticed the cut-out part on his baby’s body behind the back of his head.

“The officers and men of the corps on hearing the incident moved in to arrest the suspect who is currently undergoing investigations with the state command’s intelligence and investigations department.” Ogbonnaya affirmed in his statement.

In her reaction, the NSCDC State Commandant, Remilekun Ekundayo, was quoted as urging parents to be vigilant about their children’s whereabouts.