A man identified as the police have arrested Rauf Mutiu for allegedly planning to exhume the remains of his parents to facilitate the sale of the late parent’s house.
Our correspondent gathered that the attempt to exhume the corpses of the parents at the Tinumola area of Dada Estate, Osogbo, was brought to an abrupt end with the intervention of his siblings, who were not carried along in the exercise.
Mutiu, who was said to have sold the house of his parents containing their grave for N16 million without the consent of his siblings, was consequently arrested for cooling his feet in police custody, where he crossed over to 2025.
Speaking to newsmen yesterday, one of the siblings, Rafiu Teslim, accused his elder brother of being high-handed, adding that Mutiu, an ex-policeman, had threatened to deal with his siblings who made any attempt to tackle him on their father’s property.
Also speaking, other siblings, including Rafiu Kadijat and Adedoyin Rukayat, alleged that Mutiu, the eldest, in connivance with the second born of the 7-member family, had sold their parent’s property and unilaterally attempted to exhume their parents to be buried somewhere else.
Osun State Command Police Public Relations Officer Mrs Yemisi Opalola confirmed the suspect’s arrest and disclosed that the investigation was ongoing.
She assured the suspect would be arraigned in the court after investigation.
