The police in Ondo State have arrested a cleric, Tunde Olayiwola, allegedly in possession of a fresh human head at Oka in Ondo East Local Government Area of the state.
Oyeyemi Oyediran, Commissioner of Police, made this known while parading the suspect with eight others arrested for various crimes in the state before reporters on Thursday in Akure.
Mr Oyediran explained that the cleric suspected to be involved in money rituals was arrested following a tip off received from a member of the public on Thursday in Oka in Ondo township.
“On the 23rd of December, 2021, at about 0920hrs, the Police received information that a self -acclaimed cleric named Alfa Tunde Olayiwola ‘m’, a suspected ritualist, was about to receive a consignment suspected to be a human head.
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“The Police immediately swung into action, and the cleric was apprehended at Ajagbale Area of Oka, Ondo town.
“A fresh human head was found in Olayiwola’s custody when he was arrested.
“He (suspect) confessed that the head found in his possession was to be used to ensure he had a better life,” Mr Oyediran said.
The commissioner of police said that three other suspects were arrested between December 17 and December 21 at various places across the state over alleged murder.
According to him, on December 17, one Ayodele Bankole, aged 26 years of Adabo Oke-aro, went to a hotel known as ‘Enjoy your life’, and a few minutes later he jumped down the stairs of the hotel and took to his heels.
