Men of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested three Muslim clerics in possession of two fresh human heads and human legs suspected to be for the purpose of money ritual.
The suspected ritualists , Babatunde Kareem, 37, Taofeek Bello, 22, and Adebayo Yusuf, 40, were paraded alongside 19 others on Wednesday at Eleyele, Ibadan by the police.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abiodun Odude while parading the suspects stated that they were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the command on November 14, 2017, in Ogbomoso.
Odude added that the, “two fresh human heads and human legs were recovered from the suspects, who disclosed that the body parts were severed from corpses at a Muslim cemetery in Isale General Area, Ogbomoso. According to them, their unbridled desire to get rich quick prompted them to get the human parts for money ritual purpose.”
One of the suspects – Taofeek Bello who confessed to the crime said that, “the three of us went to the cemetery at Isale General in Ogbomoso, where we severed two heads and two legs of dead persons that had been buried.
“The three of us are ‘Alfas’ and we earn our living from providing spiritual solutions (Ise Alfa) to situations. But we too want to be rich in life and that is why we took the step.”
The police, however, said the suspects would be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigation.
