Odueh was arrested at
Ijoko area of Ogun State which led to Wasiu’s arrest.
Also arrested at
different locations are herbalists, Ifatona Akanni (55), Isiaka Ajani (51)
and Oko Muse (52), said to be the buyers of the severed hands of rival cult
group members.
Odueh was arrested on
August 28 by members of the Zonal Intervention Squad at Ibogun area of Ogun State,
while on his way to deliver some of the hands they had cut to the buyers.
Odueh confessed to the killing
of rival cult members.
According to him, they
usually cut off the rival cult members’ hands and sell to some herbalists who
used the human parts for money ritual purposes.
Odueh said he once worked
in a construction company after his graduation from Tai Solarin University
of Education, Ijagun area of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
But the suspect said he
had been a cultist while in school.
Odueh said that he
joined Eiye Confraternity because of threats from cult members.
He said: “Those we
killed were mostly our rivals. We were both contracted by the Egba and Awori
during their clash at Ado-Odo Ota area. It was because we were friends to the
children of the Awori that was why we assisted them in the fight.
“After the matter was
settled, we the cultists continued with our fight. But they had the upper and many
of our members were killed. Some of those killed then were Kenny, Latest and Gogodo.
That was why we decided to revenge their death.
“They always cut off
the hands of most of our colleagues they killed. That was why we started our
retaliation. We decided to cut off their hands and sell to herbalists. We used
the money realised for logistics. I regret joining the cult group and I have
wasted all my time due to the rivalry clash.”
On his own, Wasiu said
since they started killing and selling their rivals’ hands, he had killed about
five people at Ijoko and its environs.
He said: “We don’t just
kill for nothing sake; it was because they were killing our colleagues
arbitrarily that was why we also went after them. We thought that instead
of throwing the remains of those we killed away, we decided to sell their
hands to herbalists who will use the parts for money rituals and get paid.
“We sell each hand for N5,000
to herbalists. I was into cybercrime before the fight between the Egba and
Awori started. Since then, I have been with my Eiye cult colleagues. I don’t
want my colleagues to die in vain; that was why we went after our rivals.”
One of the herbalists,
Akanni, said he did not know the suspects were cult members.
He said: “They lied to me
that they were working in a cemetery. After buying the hands, we burn them
into ashes and add some other things to it and sell to those who need favour
and money rituals.
“I have only bought two
hands since I knew them. I was only assisting people who wanted to get rich. I
was arrested at my shrine and some other burnt human parts.”
But another herbalist, Ajani,
who also doubles as Basile of Ososun village in Ifo, said he knew those who brought
the hands to them to as cult members.
He said: “I have only
bought two hands from the cult members for N10,000. We always use the hands for
money rituals. We have people who usually ask us to prepare money rituals for
them. I have been doing it for about six years now.”
The Zonal Police Public
Relations Officer (ZPPRO), SP Dolapo Badmos, who paraded the suspects at the Zonal
Command Headquarters yesterday, said the Assistant Inspector General of Police in
charge of Zone 2, Adamu Ibrahim, had directed that they should be arraigned
after completion of investigations.
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