The Osun State Police Command has related how one Ganiyu Kehinde in its custody killed his friend, Emmanuel Collins, for the sole purpose of using the victim for money rituals.
The Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, narrated the incident on Friday in Osogbo at the State Police headquarters while parading the suspect and other suspected criminals for other crimes.
Opalola in her account said Kehinde is a herbalist while deceased Collins was a Ghanaian, and a 35-year-old, whose murder was brought to the attention of the police.
The PPRO’s narration is as follows: “Police detectives swung into action, and through intelligence led to an investigation, one Kehinde Ganiyu ‘m’ intimate friend to the deceased was arrested. He confessed to the commission of the heinous crime and stated that, on 9th July 2024, at about 9:00 pm, he went to the deceased’s residence with a knife, where he met him sleeping because he was sick.
“That he slaughtered the deceased with the kitchen knife and removed his throat. He added further that he dried the throat for three days before he took it to a bush called Igbo Imese Aiwosi Area, located at Oba-Oke village, where he burnt it in a clay pot with some ritual materials and later mixed the burnt powder with soap for money ritual (OSOLE).
“He confessed to having singlehandedly carried out the operation. The investigation is still ongoing, and the suspect will be charged to court after the investigation accordingly.”
In the suspect’s remark, he said, “The deceased was my friend. I could not tell what came over me. I met him sick, and I attacked him and killed him for a money ritual. The devil pushed me to kill my friend for a money ritual. After killing him, I removed his throat and used it to prepare a soap for money ritual, which I had. I have done similar soap for four Yahoo boys before. Devil pushed me to do it.”
