Officials of the Ondo state security outfit codenamed
Amotekun have arrested a 35-year-old suspected ritualist, Timothy Odeniyi for
being in possession of human parts.
Odeniyi after he was paraded by the Amotekun said that he was promised N30m if he could get the human parts and deliver to buyer
in Lagos.
He was arrested in Ondo town motor park last week Sunday by
men of the security outfit while conveying the human parts to Lagos.
While the state commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji
Adeleye said the suspect killed the victim, removed the human parts and
hurriedly buried the corpse, the suspect disagreed saying that he exhumed the
corpse from a grave and removed the body parts.
The suspects, a truck driver who reportedly wrapped the
human parts in a bag said his former boss in lbadan introduced him to the
business of making money through rituals.
Speaking with newsmen, the suspect said “I went to the burial
ground to cut the legs and hands of one of the corpses buried there. Before I
was caught, I had planned to take the human parts to the person that sent me in
Lagos. He promised to pay me N30 million once I deliver the items.
“I only went to the burial ground in Sabo area of Ondo town
to cut the parts, I didn’t kill anybody and this is my first time. I used to be
a trailer driver
“The person that sent me used to be my boss when I used to
drive truck. I used to dump it in a waste bin and he will send those who will
pick it.”
However, the Commander, Chief Adeleye who dismissed the
claim of the suspect, said that the suspect killed someone before severing the
parts and buried the victim in a shallow grave.
Adeleye said “We want to intimate the public on the need to
be very careful. Of late, the trend is shifting gradually from daily kidnapping
to ritual killings.
” The public should be generally careful about the craze to
make money by this young men.
“We have a suspect in our custody, Timothy Odeniyi who was
caught and arrested with legs and hands of human being wrapped in paper.
“Upon interrogation, he took us to where he severed the body
of the person killed and hurriedly buried the person in a shallow grave.
“He was arrested in Ondo town and committed the crime on
January 30, 2022.
“We want to warn the public to be careful of who they go out
with. We have a number of them that we are still investigating that will go out
with their girlfriends solely for her purpose of killing them for ritual
purposes. I think the public should be wary and careful about this.
Speaking on those arrested last month, the Amotekun boss
said that no fewer than 35 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, ritualists,
vandals were arrested.
Adeleye added that “underage herders as well as criminals
who disguised as scavengers were also arrested in various parts of the state.
“Within this January, we arrested about 150 suspects of
various crimes and out of them 32 are still currently with us.
“Some of them are suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and
some of them were involved in the vandalisation 132 KVA power lines under
construction.
“Some of them were ex-convicts that ran away from prison
cells, some of them jumped bail and rearrested.
” Some of them pretend as if they are scavengers but we
found weapons, guns, locally made pistols in their trolley.
“The teenagers among the suspects were caught contravening
the underage anti-open grazing law.
” They were found to be grazing with about 300 cows. They
were about 10 to 11 years of age. We are still waiting for their parents to
come and face the music.
Adeleye added that ” some of them will be handed over to the
police for further investigation, especially the homicide issue. After discreet
investigation, the remaining ones will be taken to court for prosecution.”
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