Gbenga Ogunfadeke, 45, was detained after it was claimed that he had chained his two children and kept them in solitary confinement until they died.

The suspect was reportedly apprehended on Tuesday by members of the State Security Network, also known as the Amotekun Corps, in Ibiade, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State.

In a statement published Wednesday in Abeokuta, the state capital, the corps’ State Commander, David Akinremi, confirmed the suspect’s detention.

The guy, a father of three, allegedly accused his children of stealing, according to Propolitics.

He is said to have kept the kids chained and sequestered for more than three months without providing them with food or water.

Two of the kids apparently died as a result of the circumstance.

Further information revealed that the suspect had been abusing the three kids, who were 16 years old, 17 years old, and 18 years old since he acquired custody of them when his marriage to the kids’ mother, Busola Otusegun, fell apart.

According to Akinremi, the suspect was detained after his ex-wife filed a complaint.

He said, “One of the three children came across his aunt in Ibiade where he currently lives with his father (suspect) and narrated their experience with their father which led to the death of his two elder siblings – Yusuf Ogunfadeke (18) and Dasola Ogunfadeke (17) between April and June 2022 in Ijebu-Ode where they were all living with the suspect until he relocated back to Ibiade.

“According to him (the child), their father chained and locked them in solitary confinement without food and water for over three months which led to the death of the two siblings but he miraculously survived the ordeal.”

The suspect was allegedly keeping the kids in captivity for months, according to the Amotekun commandant, although he denied starving them or being to blame for their deaths during questioning.

According to the suspect, his behavior was motivated by the children’s involvement in theft and the need to prevent them from continuing to do so.

In addition, the suspect claimed that his two deceased children were admitted to the hospital for treatment at various points after becoming ill, but tragically perished during the procedure.

What is strange about his defense, he continued, is that the hospital in Ijebu Ode where he claimed the two kids passed away could not be found.

“Where he allegedly buried them behind a rented apartment he lived in Ijebu-Ode before relocating to his present abode in Ibiade with the third child could also not be traced for possible exhumation.

“The fact that he refused to make the incidents known to any member of the family also gives course for concern more so when the suspect is a herbalist, thus further fueling the suspicion of having killed the deceased for possible rituals.

“Consequently, the case is being transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation to establish further facts that will facilitate his prosecution.”