How suspected ritualist supplies human parts to customers

Timothy Odeniyi, a suspected ritualist who was arrested by operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, has confessed he visits burial grounds to cut parts of corpses for sale.

The 35-year-old who made the confession while speaking with journalists after he was paraded by the Amotekun officials in Akure, Ondo State capital.

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Odeniyi said the human parts were meant to be sold to someone who contracted him for rituals, adding that he was promised N30 million if he could produce and deliver the parts to Lagos.

He 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 to Lagos. He promised to pay me N30 million once I deliver the items.

“I only went to the burial ground in the 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 a truck. I used to dump it in a waste bin and he will send those who will pick it.”

But the Amotekun Commander in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye dismissed the suspect’s claims, saying the suspect purposely killed the victim before severing the parts and hurriedly buried the body 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 these young men.

“We have a suspect in our custody, Timothy Odeniyi who was caught and arrested with legs and hands of a 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.”