The Lagos State Police Command has made a significant breakthrough by apprehending a gang of suspected ritualists involved in the gruesome act of organ harvesting and trafficking.
The suspects, including a woman who is an Osun priestess, a community chief, an Ifa priest, an Islamic cleric, and a trado-medicine practitioner, were nabbed in one of the extreme divisions of Lagos following intelligence reports from the public.
The spokesperson of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrests, shedding light on the modus operandi of the gang. He revealed that the leader, 33-year-old Ademola Akinlosotu, initially confessed to exhuming corpses from cemeteries but later escalated to killing and selling human parts to customers on demand.
Akinlosotu disclosed, “While I and some members of the gang would do the killings, I would supply the parts to a 52-year-old man, Ahmed Wahab, aka Alfa Bororo, who operated from Badagry in Lagos State and Ogun State, to supply his clients.”
The chilling confession continued as Akinlosotu detailed the prices of various body parts, with a fresh human head fetching between N45,000 and N50,000, a dried human head selling between N30,000 and N35,000, a heart priced at N70,000, and hands at N50,000.
Akinlosotu admitted to murdering two individuals, including a friend he met through social media, under the guidance of a herbalist who consulted an oracle to ensure the success of each killing.
Highlighting a particularly disturbing request, Akinlosotu claimed that a traditional ruler in Badagry solicited his services to eliminate his troublesome son. However, fate intervened as a friend visiting Akinlosotu on the planned day of the killing was the one who fell victim to the sinister plot.
Hundeyin revealed that exhibits of different human parts were recovered from the suspects as investigations continue. The command assured that the suspects would be prosecuted once investigations are concluded.
