A 35-year-old man, identified as Timothy Odeniyi has confessed to going to a burial ground to severe body parts in exchange for N30M in Ondo state.
The suspect was arrested on Sunday, January 30, by operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, in possession of human legs and hands.
Odeniyi who said he was a truck driver in a brewery was paraded by the Commander of Amotekun Corps, Akogun Adeleye on Monday.
Adeleye said;
“We want to intimate the public on the need to be very careful. Of late, the trend is shifting gradually from daily kidnapping to ritual killings. The public should be careful of the craze to make money by these young men.
“We have a suspect in our custody, Timothy Odeniyi, who was caught and arrested with the legs and hands of a human being wrapped in paper. Upon interrogation, he took us to where he severed the body of the person and hurriedly buried the person in a shallow grave.
“He was arrested in Ondo town and committed the crime on January 30, 2022. We want to warn the public to be careful of who they go out with. We have a number of them that we are still investigating who will go out with their girlfriends solely for the purpose of killing them for ritual purposes.”
Speaking to newsmen, the suspect claimed that his former boss who worked in the waste section of the brewery company promised to pay him N30M if he brings the body parts to Lagos state.
“I went to the burial ground to cut the legs and hands of one of the corpses buried there. Before I was caught, I had planned to take the human parts to the person that sent me in Lagos. He promised to pay me N30m once I deliver the items.
“I only went to the burial ground in the Sabo area of Ondo town to cut the parts. I did not kill anybody and this was my first time. I used to be a trailer driver. The person that sent me used to be my boss when I used to drive trucks.”
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