Ritual: Truck Repairer In Police Custody For Removing Corpse Teeth, Finger Bones In Osun

A truck repairer in Osun identified as Afeez Odusanya, has been apprehended by the state Amotekun Corps for allegedly extracting the teeth of a corpse for the purpose of ritual money ritual.

Odunsanya, alongside some other suspects, were paraded in Osogbo on Wednesday.

The Field Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, Mr Amitolu Shittu while briefing newsmen, disclosed that the truck repairer was in possession of 12 teeth believed to have been removed from exhumed corpses when he was caught.

Shittu, who said the suspect initially claimed to be a herbalist with specialty in money ritual, added that two finger bones were also recovered from him.

Odusanya was caught in a burial ground in the Ilesa part of the state even though he was living in Sagamu in Ogun State.

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Answering questions from our correspondent, Odusanya said he exhumed his first corpse in 2016, adding that his two previous efforts to make money through ritual failed.

He said, “I was caught after I exhumed a corpse at a burial ground in Ilesa which I wanted to use for money ritual. I have been exhuming corpses since 2016 and removing their parts for money ritual, but the rites failed.

“I exhumed corpses at Sagamu, Ogun State, but was caught in Osun while trying to remove the teeth of a corpse. It used to take me about 30 minutes to remove a tooth from a corpse. But after some time, it takes me lesser time because I mastered it.”

Shittu said all the suspects would be handed over to the Osun command of the Department of State Services for prosecution.