I use human flesh for money ritual – Alfa

The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday paraded an Islamic cleric ( Alfa ), a pastor , and two others , who were allegedly caught with suspected human parts in the Ayegun area of Ibadan.
The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude , said Alfa , Sulaiman Hamed, 35, participated in the
Fidau prayers for a dead man but later contracted two men to exhume the corpse because he needed the body parts for money ritual.
The two accomplices – Olapade Saheed, 32 , and Olatunji Abiodun, 26 – were later caught with the deceased ’s head and other body parts , leading to the arrest of Hamed and Tope Akinyele, 45, who claimed to be the pastor of a church in Ojagbo, in the Oranyan area of Ibadan.
Hamed said he usually paid N 2 ,500 for human flesh which he used in making money charm for his clients.
He said, “ Someone introduced Saheed and Abiodun to me . I gave them N 2, 500 to help me find human flesh . We all met at Ayegun junction , Ibadan. Around 10pm , I took them to a grave where a body that was brought from Warri , Delta State , was buried.
“ I took part in the prayers for the deceased before he was buried. I left them (Saheed and Abiodun) there, but they refused to let me go . They said they wanted to sleep in my house that night . I got them a place close to my house.
“ In the early hours of the second day, they came to me with a cellophane bag. I did not check what was inside , but I hanged it on the wall of my house. I was on my way to my office in Ile - Tuntun when I saw them in the midst of a crowd with a human head .
“ I use human flesh to make money ritual for people and I pay N 2, 500 for the flesh . In this case , the charm was for myself . I did not ask them to cut off the head and it was not in my possession when the police came. ”
In his statement , Saheed said Alfa paid them N 1, 500 to do the job and that he took them to the grave of the deceased .
“ Alfa called us for a job at Ayegun . When we got there, he showed us a grave three houses away from his house. After we finished the job ( of exhuming and cutting off body parts ), he took what he needed from the remains of the dead man and asked us to dispose of the rest .
“ We left early in the morning . But on our way, a local vigilance group stopped us and asked what was in the bag we carried . They beat us up after realising that there was a human head and other body parts in the bag. The police later came to arrest us , ” he said .
Odude said the police would continue to rid the state of criminals , noting that the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigation.