Three suspected ritualists were on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 arrested for their alleged involvement in the killing of a 73-year old Samuel Olaniyi by the Amotekun corps in Oyo state, Vanguard is reporting.
The three suspects whose names were given as Ismail Muraina, Abdlerasheed Olanrewaju, and Olalekan Akande were paraded at the Amotekun Corps Headquarters at Dandaro Ibadan.
Parading the suspected ritual ritualists, the Deputy Commandant of Amotekun in the state, Mr Akinro Kazeem, said the suspects were arrested following intelligence reports from the members of the public.
He added that Ismail Muraina confessed that he charmed the victim because he saw him as unstable.
He noted that the suspects confessed that they sold human heads based on the size and amount available in the hand of their customers.
According to him, the suspects specialised in selling human parts to the ritualists who are in need of human parts between N4,000 and N100,000.
He urged members of the public to continue partnering with the police and other security agencies to reveal the activities of the criminals in their respective communities.
One of the daughters of the victim, Mrs Olaosun Olufunke, said her father called her on Sunday morning that Ismail Muraina asked him to meet him to get some money from his younger brother and that was the last time he heard about him.
She said, “The man is lying. My dad told me on Sunday morning that Muraina asked him to come and get money for my younger brother and that was the only thing we heard last from him.”