KWARA State Police Command has commenced investigations into the case of alleged kidnapping for ritual purposes against a 32-year-old suspected ritualist and his cleric accomplice in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State.
The man, identified as Kelechi, was arrested on Sunday night at Mejindadi Street, Ilorin, while allegedly attempting to use an old woman for ritual purpose.
Tribune Online gathered that the suspect kidnapped the old woman at Agbabiaka, Ago Market and kept her at a building around Unity road in the metropolis.
However, it was gathered that luck ran against him on Sunday night while attempting to take the kidnap victim to a herbalist popularly known as Alfa Buaya, when surveillance team of Ita-Amodu community, who suspected him accosted him.
It was also gathered that the herbalist, who resides at Agbo-Oba area of the metropolis, was said to have asked Kelechi to bring a lady in order to perfect his ritual plan.
The two suspects are currently detained at Surulere B Division of the state Police Command.
A member of surveillance team, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the suspected ritualist had allegedly confessed that he wanted to use the old woman for ritual to start his own business.
"We saw the guy (suspect) backing an old woman around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday. He was tired and we tried to assist him. And then we asked him what happened to the woman because she looked frail and emaciated. We thought he was taking her to a nearby hospital around Oja-Iya.
"And so, he started responding in pidgin English while the woman was just saying Agbabiaka, somewhere around Ago Market. It was in that process that we discovered that the suspect is an Igbo man. We asked him again, 'where were you taking the old woman', and he was trying to play smart.
"As we were trying to take him to police station, coincidentally, a patrol team came around and we put him in the vehicle. And so we asked him some questions in the patrol vehicle. He said if we could be lenient with him, he was ready to cooperate.
"It was at that point he confessed that he was actually taking the old woman to one cleric called Alfa Buaya around Agbo-Oba so that he could help him to use the woman for ritual purpose so that he could start his own business. So we went for the cleric too. He attempted to escape but eventually, we were able to arrest him."
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ajayi Okasanmi, said he was yet to get information on the incident as of the time of filing this report.
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