Two friends have confessed to the police how they lured, killed and roasted the head of a businessman, Sanusi Isiaka, for money rituals in Ifon, Osun State.
According to reports, 36-year-old beer seller, Dauda Amusa, and his friend, Kabiru Dudupariola, were contracted and paid N200,000 by one businessman, Yekini Ayinde, popularly known as Abija, to kill Isiaka.
Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, said that the 42-year-old deceased had supplied bags of rice to Abija on credit. However, didn’t want to pay for the goods after selling them, he, therefore, contracted the suspects to kill the rice dealer.
The CP added that Amusa and Dudupariola lured Isiaka to a bush at a point near Slava Construction Company along Iwo Road, Osogbo on 14 May 2017 and killed him, decapitate his body and made away with the head.
Speaking in a Daily Trust report, Amusa, who hails from Offa in Kwara State, said:
“I’m a beer seller. One day, Abija came to my joint to drink. He demanded for a particular wine which I didn’t have. I told him that my business is small scale and he promised to help me expand it. He lent me N30,000 immediately.
“Abija came back the following day and told me he has a deal for me that would fetch me huge money. He told me that he has a court case with someone and that Isiaka would testify against him in court and that he would be jailed. He said I should help him kill Isiaka.
“I know I cannot do it alone. That was why I contacted my friend, Kabiru, to join me for the job. Kabiru and I took a lot of alcoholic drinks and drugs before we moved to Oke-fia in Osogbo where we connected with Isiaka. Abija deceived Isiaka that he needed to meet some new customers and that we would all need go to Iwo to perfect the business and would return to Osogbo the following day.
“When we got to the bush, Abija told the driver to stop and he gave us a sign. We quickly overpowered Isiaka and tied him with a rope.
“Kabiru wanted to kill him with his gun but we later decided to use a knife to cut his throat. After killing him, I remembered that I needed a human head for money ritual and I quickly removed Isiaka’s head.
“I was roasting the head and preparing other items needed for the ritual when some policemen came. I managed to escape that day. I ran away from Ifon but they eventually apprehended me on December 28, 2018.”
