{"id":379,"date":"2026-04-12T15:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:13:31","slug":"ibadan-horror-police-arrest-23-year-old-over-alleged-beheading-of-6-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/ibadan-horror-police-arrest-23-year-old-over-alleged-beheading-of-6-year-old-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibadan horror: Police arrest 23-year-old over alleged beheading of 6-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001738698-915x1623-1-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001738698-915x1623-1-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001738698-915x1623-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001738698-915x1623-1-768x1362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001738698-915x1623-1-866x1536.jpg 866w, https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1001738698-915x1623-1.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sodiq Akorede, the suspect <\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old man, Sodiq Akorede, for allegedly killing a six-year-old girl, Mutiyatu Sunday, and severing her head in a shocking incident that has sparked outrage in Ibadan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The command\u2019s spokesman, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed the arrest in a statement on Sunday, confirming that the victim\u2019s severed head was recovered from the suspect at the time of his arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The command stated that the incident occurred on April 11, 2026, at Adigun village in the Olorunda Ogunsola area of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the police, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, identified as Sodiq Kayode Akorede, allegedly committed the gruesome act before he was apprehended by security operatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayanlade further stated that the suspect confessed to the crime during interrogation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFollowing the arrest, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, one Sodiq Kayode Akorede \u2018M\u2019, aged 23, allegedly unlawfully killed a six-year-old girl, later identified as Mutiyatu Sunday, and severed her head, which was recovered from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police spokesman added that the suspect is currently receiving medical treatment after he was nearly lynched by angry residents, who descended on him before police intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was thereafter conveyed to a medical facility for necessary treatment following injuries sustained from the mob attack and would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for discreet investigation and prosecution,\u201d Ayanlade said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The command assured that a thorough investigation was ongoing and that justice would be served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sodiq Akorede, the suspect The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old man, Sodiq Akorede, for allegedly killing a six-year-old girl, Mutiyatu Sunday, and severing her head in a shocking incident that has sparked outrage in Ibadan. The command\u2019s spokesman, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed the arrest in a statement on Sunday, confirming that the victim\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382,"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyopenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}