Operatives of the Special
Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja have arrested three fleeing members of a
syndicate who allegedly specialized in selling live humans and decomposing human parts for money
rituals.
Their arrest came barely
three weeks after some of their members
were paraded at the Lagos State Police Command, where they confessed to have
sold live human beings for N40,000, hands—N4,000 and head—N8,000.
Those recently arrested are
Gazali Akewadola (60), the native doctor
who allegedly offered N40,000 for a live human being, Alfa Taofeek
Akinola (35) and Kazeem Sanni (25).
To the bewilderment of all,
Gazali confessed that live human beings were cheaper than buying dead human
parts, saying all parts of a live human being are vital in the preparation of
money ritual.
For instance, he
said a life human being was bought for N40,000, “but at the end of the day, you
get a lot of expensive parts from it. Aside that, it is even more potent because the efficacy of the charm or
concoction prepared with live human
parts cannot be compared with the ones prepared with dead parts.
“When a life human being is killed, one will
get fresh blood which is used in preparing some charms. The same body will also
give you hairs from private part, head and some
mustache which are used for other ritual purposes. The private part is
also very useful for the preparation of effective concoction. The head,flesh
intestines, liver, heart, eyes, lips and tongues can be used for pepper soup
which is usually very delicious than that of animal meat. I usually take the
pepper soup so as to assure those who patronize us that it is not harmful. It
also fortifies one spiritually.“If you buy a full human being for N30,000 or
N40,000 and pieces it, you will end up getting N100,000 or more because you will
get more than 10 parts that will yield more money for you.”
Gazali who hails from
Folahan, Ado-Odo in Owode Yewa Local Government Area of Ogun State, further
said: “I am an Islamic teacher and a cleric. I own an Islamic school in Owode
Yewa. I am also married with eight
children. I am also a native doctor. I cure people of their ailments and help those who want to get
rich quick, by using human parts to prepare charms and concoctions for them.
We use soft bones to cure
epilepsy
“Most of the human parts I bought were sold
to me by Kazeem Sanni. He used to sell dead human head between
N3,000 and N8000, depending on the market price. The soft bones that can easily
be grinded into powder are very cheap. It is just for N1,000. It is used to cure ailments like
epilepsy.”
Asked why he did not use any
of his children since he has eight of them, he said that would reduce the
potency of the ritual concoction, adding that its potency depended solely on
strangers being used. He said their victims were usually abducted from Lagos
State and beyond, with the use of charms.
He further disclosed that
aside the N40,000 paid to Sanni to get him a live human being, he gave him
another N5,000 and a charm to hypnotize the male victims. But he said the plan
almost failed as Sanni was almost caught. He, however, expressed regrets that
despite the use of human parts to make other people rich, he ended up not only
being poor but arrested along the line.
Money ritual charm changed
my level
The second suspect, Alfa
Taofeek, who is also an indigene of Owode Yewa in Ogun State confessed to have
bought a human head from the third suspect, Kazeem, which he grinded and mixed
with local gin.
According to him, “it was to enable me get rich. I
am a Muslim cleric and I have been making people rich through this means but
became jealous at a point and decided to get rich as well, since I was unable
to get enough money from my clients.
“After drinking the
concoction prepared with a human head, I got more customers and made more
money. I even threw parties on a monthly basis to celebrate my new level.
“I also used part of the
money to sponsor the graduation ceremony of some of my students in the Islamic
school known as Alfa Taofeek Islamic School, at Owode Yewa.”
Customs officers lured me
into money rituals
On his part, the third
suspect, Kazeem Sanni, claimed to have opted for the money ritual business due
to frustration from Customs men.
He said: “At a
point, business was no longer moving because Customs men at the border were
always seizing the goods, at the end of which their owners would force me to
pay for them. I became frustrated even contemplated selling my father’s landed
property. I decided to consult Alfa Taokeek Akinola to find out the cause of my
predicament. He instructed me to get a human head in order to be rich. After
that, he requested a live human being. I attempted kidnapping someone so that I
can cut off his head but it was not possible. He then instructed me to exhume
dead body from the graves which I did and got him three at the rate of N3,000
each.”
Their arrest, as explained
by spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, was in
compliance with the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko’s directive to SARS Commander, Abba Kyari, to get the fleeing
suspects, after the arrest of three
members of the syndicate on May 15, 2013, with human parts.
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