Sherif Oyeniyi, a passenger, was detained by the Ogun State Police Command for using a razor blade to viciously beat Ahmed Owolabi, a 27-year-old biker.
While they were moving about the state’s Arepo region, the suspect cut Oyeniyi’s neck deeply with a razor blade.
In a statement released on Saturday, January 11, 2025, the command spokeswoman, CSP Omolola Odutola, acknowledged the event and stated that the victim was taken to the hospital after the vicious assault. Odutola claims that the attack took place at Orange Estate in Arepo on Saturday, January 11 around 4:15 PM.
The suspect acknowledged seeing a voodoo doctor before to the attack during questioning.
“It was the devil’s handiwork,” he said in response to a question about whether the seer needed initiation or a blood token.
“11/01/2025. The Divisional Police Officer of Warewa has successfully rescued Ahmed Owolabi from bleeding to death, who until now did not provoke his passenger nor was able to say the reason behind such callousness to have resulted in such a deep cut,” the statement read.
“On January 11, 2025, at about 4:15 PM, Alani Muritala, a resident of Shefu Elede Ibafo, came to the police station to report that his brother, Ahmed Owolabi, a 27-year-old motorcyclist from Onimane Magada Ibafo, had been injured by Sherif Oyeniyi, who lives at 44 Association Road, Orange Estate, Voera, Arepo, Ogun State.
“The complainant stated that while Ahmed a commercial motorcyclist was conveying Sherif to his destination, in Arepo and nearing Sherif’s residence at Orange Estate, Sherif attacked him with a razor blade, inflicting severe deep cuts on his neck in two separate locations.
“The Divisional Police Officer when alerted quickly transported the victim to a hospital for medical attention, and the suspect has been taken into custody for questioning.
“Notably, the suspect displayed no remorse for his actions, but muttered he had earlier visited a seer otherwise known as a voodoo doctor.
“He was interrogated if the doctored required blood token or initiation, he replied by saying “it was the devil’s handiwork.
“The Divisional Crime Branch is conducting an investigation and the suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigation is completed.”