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Two Osogbo-based herbalists, folabi Faseun, 39, and Afolabi Fadare, 38, have confessed to killing and sharing the body part of one Moses Fasesan after seeking money-making ritual help from them.
Faseun also disclosed that the victimโs heart was sold to another herbalist, Adeleke Kabiru, for N20,000 for another ritual.
Fielding questions during a parade by the state police command in Osogbo, Faseun and Fadare said the victim was given a substance at the house of one Taiwo, now on the run, after which he lost consciousness and was slaughtered.
Faseun said: โMoses was brought to me by one Taiye and was seeking money ritual but rather than help him, we resolved to use him for other rituals.
โSo, we agreed to kill him at Taiwoโs house after giving him a concoction that made him unconscious. We slaughtered him and shared his partโ.
Meanwhile, Fadare disclosed that they used the victimโs head and legs for customer boosting rituals.
โWe both agreed to kill him because I believed the devil pushed us to it. We sold the heart to another herbalist, but the money was given to Faseun,โ he said.
Also, Kabiru admitted to buying the victimโs heart at N20,000, saying: โI was not of part of the killing but I bought the victimโs heart. It was delivered through a commercial motorcyclist. I used the heart to attract customers with heart disease.โ
Addressing journalists, the state Police Commissioner, Olawale Olokode, said the victimโs mother reported the matter a month after he had gone missing, adding that she initially reported the issue to a herbalist to help locate her missing son.
According to him, the suspects would be arraigned in court after proper investigation.
Police recover N2.9m, SUV from alleged killer of bizman in A-Ibom
Also, a lady, who allegedly murdered a 36-year-old businessman, Odika Emeka, has been arrested by police operatives in Akwa Ibom State.
Besides, the Police said N2.9 million and a Mercedes Benz 4Matic car were recovered from the suspect identified as Lorreta Anoh.
The state Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme, disclosed this in a statement signed by the commandโs Public Relations Officer, MacDon Odiko.
The statement said: โFollowing a complaint from one Collins Okpara of Afaha Road, Uyo that he contacted his brother, one Chikoka Emeka Henry, 36 years of age via phone but couldnโt get a response, he decided to visit the said Chikoka in his apartment located at 2, Osongama Estate, Uyo.
โOn arrival, he found him lying in his pool of blood, dead. He further informed the Police that his black 4Matic Mercedes Benz car with number plate, EKY 694 GP, was removed from the car park.
โThe report necessitated the Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme, to order for a prompt investigation.
โOperatives of โBโ Division in Ewet Housing swiftly took action, removed the corpse of the deceased, which preliminary examination showed a cut on his head, and deposited it at UUTH for autopsy.
โOperatives painstakingly trailed and arrested the principal suspect, one Lorretta Anoh, who was last seen entering the apartment of the deceased on the 3/8/2021.
โAn instant search on the suspect led to the recovery of N2,943,250, which she confessed to have stolen from the victim. The suspect at the point of arrest was making arrangements to change the ownership of the 4Matic car of the deceased to her personal property.โ