In his words, The Taxi Driver commended the police’s approach, describing how they unravel the suspects as a Mystery before whisking them away.
Within the spate of two months in Kwara, several reports of suspected ritualists with human parts have inundated the news, one of which is the arrest of five (5) suspects who allegedly killed a sex worker for ritual, while the police recover the remains of the victim in Patigi, Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State on September 10, 2021.
Despite the arrest of these suspected ritualists, On September 20, 2021, ten days after the earlier reported case, The state similarly recorded another report of a 16-year old girl allegedly murdered and her hand severed by some suspected ritualists in Amuyo area of Offa Local Government Area, Kwara State.
This much among others are reported cases of arrested suspected ritualists made by the Kwara Police Command which have taken the toll to no fewer than 10 cases of suspected ritualists while some are still at large.
In another development, An Ilorin Taxi car driver narrated how two passengers suspected to be ritualists were arrested in his car. He described the incident as an ugly experience to THE ELITES WATCH reporter.
According to him, the two suspected ritualists boarded his taxi along Balogun Fulani area of Ilorin, adding that they were going to highlight at the popular Challenge road in Ilorin.
“I was in a hurry to meet up with a call from a customer who I always help to procure and transport his gas business. On getting to Balogun Fulani, these two men stopped my taxi saying they were boarding to Challenge. At first, they would want to highlight along A’ division axis of Challenge, but I insisted I won’t be able to reach that axis because I was in a hurry to meet up with my customer.
“When I got to the Opo-malu junction heading towards the post office, I noticed a signal from a police saloon car which was trying to overtook my car but a trailer was coming from behind coupled with a pothole on the road and I had to accelerate forward to avoid an accident. It was then the police waved to me to follow their lead which I complied.
“All through this, I was thinking they just wanted to ask for my car particulars until we got to Challenge axis that the police car stopped and I also parked at their back.
During his narration, this Reporter Inquired about the reactions of the two passengers suspected to be ritualists, he said, “The two guys were not bothered at all when I was ordered to stop.”
He furthered that immediately he parked and highlighted from the car, the police surprisingly thanked him for his cooperation, stressing that they went to searched both suspects immediately.
“While I was coming down from the car to know what was going on with the police trail, I was surprised to hear the policemen thanked me for my cooperation. They immediately went to search the two passengers in my car.”
Conversing further, The Taxi driver disclosed that he received a rude shock when the police informed him to come and see what his passengers possess in a backpack which he said he saw a seemingly suspected human part, doubting whether it is a woman’s private part or a woman’s breast.
“I received the rude shock of my life immediately the police asked me to come close to them for confirmation of what my passengers had in their backpack which I saw seemingly suspected human parts and Olugbohun (command charm).
“To my surprise, both of my unbothered passengers begin to shiver immediately they were caught with what they’ve in their backpack,” he said.
In his words, The Taxi Driver commended the police’s approach, describing how they unravel the suspects as a Mystery before whisking them away.
He, however, expressed his appreciation to God for not allowing the passengers to drop the seemingly human flesh in his car and then formed innocent.
Several attempts made by this Reporter to get the state police command to react to the arrest of the suspected ritualists proved abortive as the Police Public Relations Officer in Kwara, Ajayi Okasanmi failed to respond to several messages sent to him. He likewise, as at the time of filing this report, didn’t pick or respond to several calls put to him after getting details of questions from this reporter.