The Oyo State Police Command on February 8th, paraded four suspects,
who were nabbed with human parts in the Ayegun area of Ibadan.
The suspects includes an Islamic cleric, (Alfa) Sulaiman Hamed, 35, Tope
Akinyele, 45, who claimed to be the pastor of a church in Ojagbo, in the
Oranyan area of Ibadan and and two other accomplices, Olapade
Saheed, 32, and Olatunji Abiodun, 26.
While briefing newsmen at the Command headquarters, the state
Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, stated that the Alfa,
participated in the Fidau prayers for a dead man but later paid Saheed
and Abiodun N2,500, to exhume the corpse because he needed the body
parts for making money charm for his clients.
Saheed and Abiodun were later caught with the deceased’s head and
other body parts, leading to the arrest of Hamed and Akinyele.
“Someone introduced Saheed and Abiodun to me. I gave them N2,500 to
help me find human flesh. We all met at Ayegun junction, Ibadan,” said
the Alfa.
“Around 10 pm , I took them to a grave where a body that was brought
from Warri , Delta State, was buried. I took part in the prayers for the
deceased before he was buried. I left them ( Saheed and Abiodun)
there, but they refused to let me go. They said they wanted to sleep in
my house that night. I got them a place close to my house.
“In the early hours of the second day, they came to me with a
cellophane bag. I did not check what was inside, but I hanged it on the
wall of my house. I was on my way to my office in Ile-Tuntun when I saw
them in the midst of a crowd with a human head.
“I use human flesh to make money ritual for people and I pay N2 ,500
for the flesh. In this case , the charm was for myself . I did not ask
them to cut off the head and it was not in my possession when the
police came.”
Saheed admitted that the Alfa paid them N1,500 to do the job and that
he took them to the grave of the deceased.
“Alfa called us for a job at Ayegun. When we got there, he showed us a
grave three houses away from his house. After we finished the job, he
took what he needed from the remains of the dead man and asked us to
dispose of the rest.
“We left early in the morning. But on our way , a local vigilance group
stopped us and asked what was in the bag we carried. They beat us up
after realising that there was a human head and other body parts in
the bag. The police later came to arrest us,” he said.