Ritualists Who Beheaded 10 Years Old Boy For N200,000 Arrested

Two brothers who beheaded a ten years old boy for money ritual have been apprehended by the Lagos state Police command.

The two brothers were nabbed in possession of a freshly severed human head.

The suspects, identified as suspected ritualists were arrested on Tuesday by a team of the command’s Anti-kidnapping personnel during a routine patrol between Ajah/Epe expressway.

Lagos State Police Relations Officer, Chike Oti in a statement said:

“On the 27th day of November, 2018 at about 2030hrs, a team of Anti-kidnapping personnel of the Lagos State Police Command on routine patrol between Ajah/Epe expressway apprehended two brothers namely Ayodeji Obadimeji, aged 18 years and Saheed Obadimeji, aged 19 years of Tunde Balogun Street,  Shapati, Ibeju-Lekki in possession of fresh human head.

“On interrogation, they confessed that one Sodiq Abefe contracted them to provide him with human head at the cost of two hundred thousand Naira (N200, 000), hence they lured the victim by sending him to buy Coca-Cola drink for them and when he brought the drinks to them, they held him and cut of his head with a knife.

“The victim has been identified by his parents as Joseph Makinde, male, aged 10 years.

“The torso has been recovered from an uncompleted building located at Shapati and effort is being made to arrest the said Sodiq Abefe who allegedly contracted the duo to commit the heinous crime.

“Meanwhile,  the Commissioner of Police has directed that the case be handed over to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation And Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti Yaba for further investigation.

“The CP Lagos reiterated his earlier warnings to criminals to repent or relocate from the state or regret the consequence of their action”.