The Oyo State Police Command has apprehended a prophet of Cherubim and Seraphim Church who allegedly lured and slaughtered a 25 year-old house wife, Bosede Oguntade for money rituals.
The two met on Facebook, and struck friendship.
The housewife, Bosede who came from Ilorin, was strangulated by the prophet, Dotun Ogunlade popularly called ‘Arole Jesu’ in Igboora area of Oyo State, the police said.
The victim, Bosede who hailed from Ilorin in Kwara State was lured to Igboora in Oyo State with a view to providing solution to her economic and marital problems by the spiritualist.
The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr. Shina Olukolu who led a team of policemen from the state command to the location where the victim was buried said the head and arms of the victim were cut-off before she was buried.
Explaining how the victim was killed, the police boss said on arrival of the woman at Igboora, the fake prophet told her to first solve the problem of fatigue occasioned by the stress of her trip from Ilorin to Igboora by taking sleeping drugs.
He said she was allegedly injected with overdose sleeping drug and subsequently over powered, strangulated and killed.
He further said her head and arms were thereafter taken for rituals while her remains were buried in a shallow grave, at Ogboja area of Igbo-Ora.
Olukolu added that based on credible information and diligent investigation, the police in Igbo-Ora were able to smash and arrest the syndicate.
“Further investigation revealed that parts of her body were allegedly crushed into powder for rituals to become powerful and rich. Two knives used to kill and cut her body parts, a white cloth bag containing substance inside a gourd where the alleged powder parts were kept and a bottle of Stallion Schnapps were also recovered.”
The suspect in his statement said he gained experience from his former boss who happened to be a prophet of Cherubim and Seraphim.
He said: “Me and the woman have been chating on Facebook since January, this year. I later invited her to Igbo Ora.
“Meanwhile, Mutiu, a friend had already told me about his challenges in life. He told me he was ready for money rituals. So, I decided to use the woman for money for him.
“When the woman later arrived from Ilorin, I went to pick her to Igbo-Ora, from Iseyin. On her arrival at my house, on 31st of May, this year, I gave her sleeping drugs after she complained about pains in her body, she slept off and I cut off her head, and arms. Her head was later burnt to ashes for money rituals,” he confessed .
