Ibadan Killings: 50-yr-old herbalist gives me N500 anytime I kill my victims – 19-year-old confesses
July 18, 2020 July 18, 2020 4 min read Chinaza Chukwu
19-year-old suspected serial killer in Akinyele axis of Ibadan, Oyo state arrested by the Police has confessed that he gets N500 from a 50-year-old herbalist who he worked with.
While parading the suspected criminals at the police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan on Friday, one of the suspects, Sunday Sodipe (19 years), disclosed that a certain herbalist who he worked for, Adedokun Yinusa Ajani (50 years), was the one sending him on such assignments.
He explained that anytime he wanted to go for the operation, the herbalist would instruct him to kneel down in front of him and he (Ajani) would make some incantations and then put something on his tongue three times.
"Anytime I'm to go for the killing, Baba will give me some charms and also teach me some incantation to be recited so that nobody will see me at the scene of the crime.
"I will hit the victims with a shovel and recite the incantation immediately. I saw blood coming out of the victims' body.
"Baba instructed me to always move around the victims at the scene after killing them and then turn my back on them, staying there for like three minutes; which I did and nobody will see me.
"Baba said the spirits of the victims will come to him after I kill them.
"Baba did not tell me the reason for the killings, but did buy me food and gave me N500 after each of the killings I carried out for him," he said.
When asked if he was not afraid that anybody could come around while backing the body, the suspected serial killer said the herbalist had told him that nobody would come around during the period. He said after the operation, he would return to the herbalist, who would make some incantations again.
He confessed that he had carried out five of such operations and anytime he returned the herbalist, the 50-year-old would have bought food for him and would give him N500.
Inhis reaction, while speaking with a journalist, the herbalist, whom Sodipe said usually send him on the killing spree, denied ever knowing him (Sodipe). The herbalist said Sunday's mother brought him to his house some time ago that he was a wayward child and he did some spiritual work for him. He, however, said that after two months, she returned with the boy, asking him to learn how to become a herbalist.
On his part, the herbalist denied ever sending the suspect on the mission to kill, but confirmed that the suspect was brought to him by his parents to learn about herbs.
"The boy was brought to me in 2016 and only spent six days with me and I sent him away and since then I have not seen him.
"I only saw him some days ago when he came with the police, though I do give him food," he said.
Earlier, the state Commissioner of Police, Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, had narrated how the police achieved the feat by arresting the suspects.
Enwonwu said the crimes coincided with the period he assumed office as the commissioner of police in the state and he immediately swung into action in a bid to bring the perpetrators to justice. The police commissioner said the mobile phone of one of the victims was recovered from one Shehu Usman by the police," and upon interrogation, the suspect denied his involvement in the crime but gave useful information which subsequently led to the arrest of Sodipe and Ajani."
Enwonwu said the suspects were responsible for the killings of Wasilat Adeola, Barakat Bello, Grace Oshiagwu, Mojeed Tirimisiyu, who was just five years old, and the attack on Adeola Azeez and her daughter, Dolapo Oyeyemi, who both survived.
Recovered from the suspects are a hand shovel, a Techno mobile phone, an iPhone Xs Max and one itel phone.
Four other suspected ritualists were also arrested at Akinyele Local Government Area. The main suspect, Abiodun Oladejo (35), was allegedly responsible for the killing of a woman, Oluwasayo Fagbemi, who was killed in front of her house at Sasa area on June 24, while washing plates at about 5:40 a.m.
Three other suspects were also arrested in connection with the killing and another attempted murder case. While speaking, Olasoji confessed how he killed his victim with a stick and wiped her blood with a handkerchief for ritual purposes.
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5 thoughts on "Ibadan Killings: 50-yr-old herbalist gives me N500 anytime I kill my victims – 19-year-old confesses"
Edna Ekiyor
July 18, 2020 at 11:04 pms
This is so annoying very sad and painful God!!! How can you kill someone for N500
Ebenu Excellent
July 19, 2020 at 12:10 ams
Hmm. Things are happening…ooO
Killing his follow human being just because of #500 just to go and eat and money rituals.
Will I said this one is hungry issue or what.
This matter seriously need to be handle very well
Okoroafor Lilian
July 19, 2020 at 9:15 ams
This life no balance…500 for a soul
Williams Princess
July 19, 2020 at 4:12 pms
very stupid thing
Kelechi Ephraim
This is really weird. Sha he used the boys brain for rituals because that boy is really crazy. Killing your follow human just because of 500 naira…. Too bad