November 21st will ever remain indelible in the
heart of Oloko villagers as members of the palace guard to the community leader
of Ajara Topa community in collaboration with a vigilante group operating in
the area arrested a man who allegedly eats and sells human parts to ritualists,
operating from a hole he dug under the Gbaji bridge along the Badagry-Seme
border.
Joshua Akindele,56, who hails from Etokia Local
Government in Ogun State was spotted by one Anthony Amos who watched him crawl
into a hole under the Gbaji bridge, confessed that he had been into cannibalism
and ritual killing for the past 15 years, after being introduced to the
business by a friend who convinced him to stop driving popular motor cycle
known as “Okada” which he claimed profited him a little, but could not
sustain him.
He further said that he had been earlier sent to prison
for 5 years after raping a 17-year old girl.
Speaking with Crime Guard, Akindele confessed that he
was the brain behind the incessant killing within the village using
ply woods to hit his human prey, and dragging them into the holes before
splitting their parts for food and business… with ritual buyers.
In his statement “I have been in this business for the
past 15 years after my friend advised me to stop riding okada and to join him
in ritual killing and cannibalism”
When asked how he carried out his activities, he
confessed “Whenever I see somebody walking alone without being conscious of who
is watching, I walk slowing up to them and hit them with a big ply wood
on their heads after which they fall unconscious, I then drag them into the
hole and use a knife to cut them into parts which I sell to some churches and
some ready buyers who indulge in ritual killing for easy money, and some times
when I feel hungry late in the night, I eat some parts for food.
He confessed further that he sells the parts as
follows: Heads 7,500, breast 1,500, penis 1000, hands and legs for 3,500.
Amos who is a member of a vigilante group in the area
alerted other members of the group and palace guards of the Baale of Ajara Topa
community to monitor the movements of Joshua.
He told Crime Guard that at about 1 a.m on 21st of
November, he was on his normal routine watch when he noticed him (Joshua)
crawling into the hole with a rice bag, he quickly alerted other members who
confronted him with a gun and ordered him to drop and open what he was
carrying. When he did, they discovered rotten human parts; skulls, legs,
hands, breasts e.t.c.
Crime Guard visited the palace of the Baale of Ajara
Topa community, Chief Samuel Amosu Owolabi, who after confirming
the incident told Crime Guard that he was sleeping in his palace when an
emergency call woke him with the caller informing him that a man had been
arrested by members of his palace guards in collaboration with members of the
vigilante group with human parts.
Chief Samuel said he quickly called Chief Patifo, Baale
of Iyafin whom his community shared the bridge with to accompany him to the
scene. When he got there, he noticed a mob had begun beating the suspect
and only stopped after he begged them to let him live so that proper
investigations will be carried out by the police.
Crime Guard confirmed the suspect was in the custody of
the Badagry police division from a police source who pleaded anonymity.