•Say eyes not plucked out
The Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the death of a 12-year-old boy, John Soyinka who was declared missing a week ago before the matter was reported at the Obantoko Police Station in Abeokuta.

The command said the mutilated body of Soyinka has been found in a bush at Kotogbo community in Asero Estate but refuted reports that the eyes were plucked out.

The Community Development Association where the parent lives had reported the matter to the Divisional Police Officer at Obantoko Station.

Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun Command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the discovery of the dead body to The Guardian. Odutola said: “His eyes were not plucked out. He was found dead and the family is not suspecting anyone.”

According to her, the body of the boy had been released to the family for burial, adding that investigation was ongoing to unravel perpetrators of the crime.

It was gathered that the boy disappeared, after he went to see a customer who had done a transaction at a POS shop, where the deceased assisted.

A source said: “I know the boy very well. He is about 12-years-old and lived with his mother who I guess is no longer with her husband. His mother does menial jobs like helping people to sweep. What we heard was that, last Thursday, he said he wanted to check on a customer who did POS transactions, apparently maybe there was something to sort out about the transaction, but the boy never came back.

The DPO informed the police at Adigbe and Lafenwa, but it was the boy’s corpse that was seen at Kotogbo community.”