A man
suspected to be an accomplice of a fake pastor has said he was contracted to
kidnap a virgin girl for ritual purposes.
During a
Police parade , an alleged fake pastor of a white garment church in Sagamu ,
Kehinde Onayiga , and 55 other suspects were paraded by the Ogun State Police
Command at its headquarters , Eleweran , Abeokuta on Thursday.
The suspects
’ offences allegedly range from ritual killing to kidnapping , cultism , armed
robbery and impersonation.
Among the
suspects paraded by the state Commissioner of Police , Ahmed Iliyasu , was
Onayiga , who is alleged to have a hand in the killing of a 13- year - old girl
, Anuoluwapo Ajisafe , for ritual purposes.
He alleged
accomplice , Musiliu Jibril , reportedly lured the victim to Onayiga ’ s church
where she was said to have been murdered.
Jibril
confessed to journalists that it was Onayiga who contracted him to source for a
female virgin , who he wanted to use for ritual purpose , in preparing some fetish
materials for some Internet fraudsters.
He said , “
I was able to lure the girl because she knew me and the mother, too , knew me.
“ It was the
pastor (Onayiga ) that contracted me to help him get a female virgin for ritual
. He told me he wanted to prepare some charms for some Yahoo boys.
“ I
delivered the girl to him in his church at Sagamu . He promised to pay me N 20,
000 , but I am yet to get the money . ”
Onayiga ,
dressed in white garment , and holding two goat horns wrapped in red cloth ,
denied the allegation , saying , “ It is a lie . he did not deliver any girl to
me in my church. ”
Onayiga said
he trained under an Islamic cleric before branching out to start a white
garment church.
Asked what
he used the fetish -looking goat horns wrapped in red cloth for, he responded,
“ I used them to pray for those that are sick and are brought to my church for
healing. ”
The teenage
girl , Anuoluwapo , was said to have been missing since June 21 , 2017 and her
whereabouts remains unknown till date.
Another
suspect paraded for murder/ ritual killing was Bakare Olalekan , who was linked
to the killing of a 16-year - old girl , Olayinka Adebayo, in Ijebu area , and
reportedly sold her heart to ritualists .
Iliyasu said
four members of the syndicate were already in police net , while the suspect
(Olalekan ), had confessed to selling two human hearts to one of them.
He said he
bought one of the human hearts for N 10, 000 from a friend called Oye .
Also nabbed
were a mother , Mulika Alaba and her 16 - year -old daughter, Olamide Saliu ,
who allegedly dealt in Indian hemp.
A bag of
Indian hemp was allegedly recovered from them.
Iliyasu said
in a bid to curb criminality in the state , the command had deployed tactical
and covert operatives from the Federal Special Anti -Robbery Squad , Police
Mobile Force , conventional policemen , intelligence unit and Anti -Kidnapping/
Cultism to the length and breadth of the state
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