The Nigeria Police Force has said there is nothing like
money ritual, warning Nigerians to stop killing fellow human beings.
Lately, the killing of humans for purported money rituals
have become a trend among young Nigerians who are in a hurry to get rich.
Aside from those who were caught in the act of killing or
those seen with body parts, mutilated human bodies
have been found in different locations across Nigeria with killers such persons
unknown.
In Ogun State, no fewer than three cases of ritual killing
were reported in the past two weeks.
Nigerians were taken aback when 18-year-old Soliudeen
Majekodunmi recounted how he, alongside his three friends, beheaded his
girlfriend, Sofiat Okeowo and burnt her head in a local pot for money ritual.
On Saturday, a couple, 43-year-old Kehinde Oladimeji and his
wife, Adejumoke Raji, were arrested by the police for killing a girl, who was a
friend to the wife at Leme area of Abeokuta.
The head of the victim, they confessed, was sold at the rate
of N70,000.
Likewise, our correspondent reported earlier that some two
men in Oja Odan area of Ogun were lynched and burnt to ashes by a mob when they
were caught with a fresh human head.
It was gathered that people who engage in this act believe
the body parts could be used for rituals that would propel them into sudden
wealth and riches.
But, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer,
Abimbola Oyeyemi, said no money could come through the killing of fellow human
beings.
Oyeyemi, who described as worrisome, the increasing rate of
ritual killing in Ogun and Nigeria, called on well-meaning individuals to join
hands in putting an end to the menace.
While speaking in an interview with newsmen at the Ogun
State police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the cop said the act is man’s
inhumanity to man, adding that it is the superlative degree of animalistic
behaviour.
He condemned the act in its entirety, saying it is barbaric,
despicable and unacceptable.
“It is becoming worrisome, the rate at which some
disgruntled elements are killing their fellow human beings for money-making
rituals. It is something that all well-meaning Nigerians should have to put all
hands on deck to checkmate.
“This is the height of man’s inhumanity to man. It is the
superlative degree of animalistic behaviour. There is nothing like money-making
ritual. It is barbaric, it is despicable and it is not acceptable.”
The Ogun police spokesman charged parents to warn their
children, urging adults and anyone aiding and abetting the crime to stop
henceforth.
He stressed that the hand of the law will catch up with
those perpetrating the evil, no matter where they hide.
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