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Crime & Punishment of Saturday, 18 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

I got paid N500 whenever I returned from a kill - 19-year-old ritualist

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A 19-year-old boy, Sunday Sodipe, has been arrested in connection with the killing of six persons in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.

This was confirmed by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, while parading him.

Also paraded is a herbalist, Adedokun Ajani, 50, who sends Sodipe on the dastardly acts, and Shehu Usman, 20, who bought a phone from Sodipe.

Sodipe confessed to killing Barakat Bello, 18, on June 1, 2020, and also smashing the head of Azeezat Shomuyiwa with a stone on June 5, 2020. The phone he stole from her was what he sold to Usman.

He also carried out an operation on June 29, 2020, in which he used a shovel to attack Adeola Azeezat, 45, and her daughter, Dolapo, 23.

He said before he goes for operation, he kneels before the herbalist who makes some incantations.

When he sights a victim, he bashes them with a shovel and makes them lay in a pool of blood. He then backs them with his eyes closed for minutes while making some incantations.

He said he got paid N500 by the herbalist for every outing.

When asked why he did those things, he said he had no idea but was influenced by the herbalist.