BY TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO
Operatives of the Osun State Security Network, codenamed ‘Amotekun’ has arrested a suspected ritualist, Afeez Odusanya, while extracting teeth of dead bodies at a burial ground for money ritual purpose.
Afeez, aged 33, was paraded at Amotekun command, Sabo Area, Osogbo, capital of the state on Wednesday.
The Field Commandant, Osun Amotekun, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, while addressing journalists, said that the suspect would be handed over to conventional security for prosecution.
He confessed that he started his quest for money ritual in 2016 but it failed twice after extracting teeth from two different bodies in Sagamu.
Afeez noted that the two bodies he earlier evacuated were at different times between 2016 and 2020 but was arrested after the third attempt at the Ilesa burial ground.
In an interview, the suspect said: “I was caught after I evacuated a corpse at a burial ground in Ilesa which I want to use for money ritual. I have been evacuating corpses since 2016 and removing their parts for money ritual purposes but the rites failed. I evacuated corpses at Sagamu, Ogun State but was caught in Osun while trying to remove the tooth of a corpse.
“It takes me about 30 minutes to remove the tooth from the corpse. It takes me lesser time with my previous experiences.”
“I will advise other youths attempting to venture into money ritual to desist from it because it is not real.”
