The Lagos State Police Command has
arrested a gang of human parts traders
who were allegedly plying their
“business” in several markets in Lagos.
The four-man gang, who were arrested
by the operatives of the Special Anti-
Robbery Squad, are Olakunle Ogunsola,
Oyebamiji Olalekan, Rasheed Opeyemi
and Akorede Wasiu.Olakunle, 26-year-
old who hails from Ilaro in Ogun State,
confessed that he had sold human parts
to Christian and Muslim clerics in the
past. He told Gist4today…
“I usually sell herbs at the Ile Epo
Market. It was one Waheed
Ajigbotoloun that introduced selling
human parts to me. That was just
last year October. He was my
supplier too, and he told me he
used to get them from Joju
Cemetery in Sango Ota, Ogun
State.
“I didn’t always buy the human parts
except when there was a request
for them from my customers. Upon
request, I have bought human skulls
and meat from him for my
customers. Some of them are
pastors, imams, and native doctors
too.
I have sold human parts to two
pastors this year, but I cannot
remember the names of their
churches.”The first pastor I sold to
is based in Sango Otta, Ogun State.
He paid me N24,500 for the parts.
The clerics use these to make their
congregations move forward. I also
use some of the parts to make
charm powder.I am not the only
seller in the market. There is also
one Lukman, who we popularly call
Oosa. But since I started, I have
bought only six human skulls.”
Olakunle claimed to have finished from
the Lagos State University in February
2013 where he studied Accounting. He
added that he financed his university
education with proceeds from the sale
of herbs and human parts
Forty-year-old Oyebamiji who hails from
Ibadan, Oyo State, also confessed to
have sold human parts to many people.
“I have been a trader at the Oja
Oba Market for the past three
years. It is not that I sell only
human parts. However, each of the
part I sold went for between
N6,000 and N7,000. The supplier
told me he was getting them from
the cemetery. I have sold five to six
pieces. I know it was wrong to do
this, but I was looking for money.”
For Opeyemi, who is a 51-year-old
native doctor from Ikirun, Osun State, he
bought the human parts to cure one of
his patients in the past.
“I am an Alhaji and also a star
reader. I had called prayers several
times at a mosque in the Ajegunle. I
used the human parts only once for
the treatment of one of my
patients. The boy was cured and I
never bought human parts from
anyone again,” he said.
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