Authorities of the Osun State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded a suspected killer, Dauda Amusat (a.k.a Adasi) who has been allegedly involved in some numbers of killings in the state.
Parading the suspect alongside other apprehended cultists, namely Alade Afeez (a.k.a) Esubiyi and Adesoji Seyi, Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoti said Amusat beheaded his last victim for rituals.
According to him, the suspects has killed many people according to the police investigation, before they were eventually arrested.
Adeoye explained that Amusat was arrested on December 28, 2018, at about 4 pm at Ifon-Osun in Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State.
He said the 36 years old Amusat was arrested for conspiracy and murder of a 42 years old Sanusi Isiaka, who was killed on May 14, 2017, around 9 pm at a place close to a construction firm along Iwo-road, Osogbo.
Adeoye further disclosed that the head of the deceased was immediately cut off by the suspect and later used for ritual by the suspects.
He stated that “the deceased was deceitfully lured from Saki in Oyo State to Osogbo a few days before his death by one of the principal suspects named Yekini Ayinde (aka Abija), now at large.
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The CP said that the deceased was asked to deliver 500 bags of rice and was later lodged in a hotel with an expectation of getting money for the sale of rice through Ayinde.
“The deceased was taken out to the scene where he was assassinated and his money was stolen and shared by the suspects,” Adeoye remarked.
While stating that the suspect had made a confessional statement to the police that seven of them perpetrated the killing, Adeoye added that four of them used the dismembered head for ritual.
“Three suspects have been charged to court sometimes last year while this suspect will also appear in court as soon as the investigation is completed,” the Police boss assured.
Speaking to journalists, he confessed that he put a robe on the neck of the deceased while his colleagues slew him with a knife.
He said, “I am selling beer in Ifon-Osun where I know Abija. He promised to give us N200,000 if we can help him kill the man. He sent his people to bring the man to us at Okefia, Osogbo. When we finished the job, he gave Oyama N65,000, he gave me N70,000 so that I can use N5,000 to buy beer for people the following day. I took the head of the deceased as an opportunity to use it for money ritual.
Meanwhile, two suspected cultists, Seyi (26 years) and Afeez (26 years) were also paraded for their alleged involvement in secret cult and killing of many people in Osun State Polytechnic, Iree.
Afeez confessed that he shot one Bode and killed him, adding “I also shot another person but he did not die. Those people I shot are members of Aye. He later died when we, “Eye and Aye fraternity were fighting.
“I have a gunshot in my body. They have tried to kill me before I joined the group. But God saved me. I made a mistake because I supposed to forgive but I did not forgive.”
He disclosed that he joined the group, Eye, in 2009 at Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, where he studied Ordinary National Diploma in Accountancy.
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