Crime
We killed, sold victim’s body parts – suspects
Three suspects arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for the alleged killing, dismembering, and sale of body parts talk to DAUD OLATUNJI about their involvement
Can you introduce yourself?
My name is Idowu Abel and I am 30 years old. I am married with three children and my eldest child is seven years old.
What do you do for a living?
I am an auxiliary nurse who treats patients in their homes. I learnt auxiliary nursing for three years.
How were you arrested?
I was arrested for the kidnapping and murder of my friend, Muyiwa (Adekunle). We only got to know each other for about two months. He was someone who enjoyed drinking, so we often visited each other. About a month ago, Pastor Ajadi called and told me to come to his place and that was where and how I met Boko, a herbalist. About a week later, Boko called and told me to meet him. He told me he needed a human head, heart, hands, and legs.
What did he tell you he needed the body parts for?
He only said he wanted to use them for a money ritual.
What did he promise to give you in return?
He promised to give me N200,000 if I helped him get them, and from that amount, he gave me N80,000.
Did you agree willingly to help him get the body parts?
Yes, I did. When I agreed to get the parts for him, I discussed it with Clement, ‘Baba Christy’. When we reached an agreement to carry out the task, Boko gave us an initial payment of N80,000 and we shared it equally, at N40,000 each. After sharing the money with Clement, we planned how to do the job. On November 10, we took Muyiwa to the farm at Ifako where we killed and dismembered his body.
Who was Clement to you?
We knew each other from the same community. We both attended the same school as the pastor.
Were you not bothered about taking a human life when you planned to kill your friend?
I know he will never forgive me for what I have done. When I was killing him, I didn’t feel alright doing it. I was afraid.
Did you become friends with Muyiwa so you could kill him?
No, we had known each other for some time. We often went to a bar to drink alcohol together. We didn’t even choose him (Muyiwa) as our victim; it was just fate that made him the victim.
How did you take him to the farm where you killed him?
We went to a bar to drink alcohol on that day. I was the one who bought the alcohol on that day and I told him that I wanted to go to Ifako, but he said he would follow me since we went out together. When we got there, he had a convulsion that rendered him weak and helpless on the floor. He often had episodes of convulsion whenever he drank alcohol, so it was not new to me. It was at that moment that I killed him. I beheaded him with a machete on Clement’s farm.
What do you think you deserve for what you did?
Well, the Bible is clear. It says anyone who kills by machete shall be killed by machete. However, I don’t know the judgment that will be given to me now but I acknowledge the fact that I am in serious trouble. So, I don’t know what I can do for now.
I removed victim’s heart, severed his hands, feet – Ajile
How are you connected to this case?
My name is Clement Ajile. I am a 50-year-old farmer from Owode in Ogun State. I have a wife and am blessed with four children. I don’t really know Boko (the herbalist) but Abel was close to him. Abel told me that Boko told him he needed some (body) parts like a head, hands, feet and heart. So, I asked him how he planned on getting the human parts for Boko. We agreed to kill his friend on my farm and sever his (body) parts.
He called me when he had taken his friend (Muyiwa) to my farm. I later went to meet them there. It seemed Muyiwa was drunk when I got there because he behaved like someone who had epilepsy. He rolled on the floor unconsciously when I arrived at the farm.
Did you know Muyiwa before he was killed?
No, I am not familiar with him. Abel was close to him. Initially, when Abel told me about the human parts Boko needed, he didn’t know how to get them but since he had given me N40,000 out of the N80,000 Boko gave him, we had no option but to kill Muyiwa.
How much did Boko promise to pay you and Abel for the human parts?
Boko promised to pay us N200,000 but he gave us an advance of N80,000. Abel and I shared it equally.
How did you spend your share of the money?
I used my share of the money to fund a burial ceremony my family organised.
How did you kill Muyiwa?
Muyiwa was already drunk before I got to the farm. When I got there, I asked Abel why Muyiwa was rolling on the floor unconsciously but Abel asked me what we were waiting for and then killed him. Abel took the machete and slaughtered him. After Abel had killed him, I took out his (Muyiwa’s) heart and severed his hands and feet. I cut his body open and took out his heart.
How many people have you killed?
I have never killed anyone before. This was my first time.
What did you do to the other parts of the victim’s body?
We chopped the body into pieces and buried the remaining parts on the farm.
Who took the parts to Boko?
Abel took the parts to Boko.
Has Boko completed the payment?
No. He told us to come for it the next day but it was the following day that the police arrested Abel. Muyiwa’s family called Abel to inform him that he was missing. It was when Abel went to see the family that he was arrested. He confessed to killing Muyiwa at the police station.
Why I was arrested for ritual killing – Ogun pastor
A pastor, Felix Omosanya, who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for the alleged killing, dismembering, and sale of body parts shares his story with DAUD OLATUNJI
Pastor
Can you identify yourself fully?
I am Pastor Felix Omosanya.
What was your role in the crime for which you and two others were arrested?
I had an accident some time ago and sustained a serious injury which included straining my back to the extent that I could not stand or walk. So, I met a boy called Habeeb. He gave me the herbal concoction I drank when I had the injury in my back, and after drinking the herbal medicine for some days, my back healed. Some months later, I saw him and he apologised for not coming to check on me since I became well. I told him to visit me and that was when he advised me to go for adult education to improve my English because I couldn’t speak good English. That was how we attended the same school for adult education and got to meet Abel as well. They met at my house later. We talked and played for a while before Habeeb said he wanted to go and drink palm wine, but I didn’t follow them because I am a pastor and I don’t drink. That was how Abel went with him and ever since I haven’t set my eyes on any of them.
How were you arrested?
I met a policeman in my area who told me that the divisional police officer wanted to see me, so I followed him. On getting there, I was interrogated by the policemen. They asked me whether I knew anyone called Boko and I told them I didn’t know him. That was before Abel was called out (of a police cell); he explained that Boko was the boy he met at my place. On that note, I declared that I didn’t know him as Boko, but as Habeeb. In fact, I called him my brother, not knowing that they had killed someone. I didn’t know anything about what happened until I got to the police station. Abel just narrated the whole story to me when we got here (to the police station).
What did he tell you?
He said he collected N80,000 from Habeeb to kill someone and bring the human parts. You can ask him (Abel) whether I knew anything about the case. He has been asked at the station as well and he told them I was not a part of the whole story.
Are you an ordained pastor?
I am a true pastor, trusted by the people in my community and I have never been caught in any illegal or evil activities. You can ask about me in my community.
What do you know about the murder?
I don’t know anything about it as I said earlier. You can ask him (Abel).
How long have you known Boko?
I only met him when I had the accident about two years ago.
How well do you know Abel?
We don’t stay in the same area. We never attended any event together. We met at an adult school; that was where I knew him. I have known him for three years but never expected anything of such from him. I only went for adult education due to my work which often requires me to speak English. I, however, stopped going to school because I was not catching up. I learnt he trained as an auxiliary nurse afterward. I am grateful to God that he attested to it that I knew nothing about the whole thing (crime). He was asked behind me and in my presence but he said I was not involved in the deal. I am grateful.
The United States has said Nigeria has yet to make sufficient progress in addressing attacks on Christian communities, warning that the country’s designation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) should remain in place.
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia, stated this while responding to questions from US Congressman Riley Moore during a congressional hearing on violence in Nigeria on Thursday.
Moore questioned the Nigerian government’s efforts to dismantle militia strongholds and kidnapping camps in the Middle Belt, particularly in Benue and Plateau states.
He also demanded explanations for the exclusion of Benue and Plateau from the 10 states covered by Nigeria’s new forest guard initiative, despite persistent attacks in the areas.
The congressman further expressed concern that 1,000 presidentially approved forest guards for Plateau State had yet to be deployed.
Moore maintained that the US should not remove Nigeria from the CPC list, arguing that the country had not done enough to address the violence.
“Before you answer that, we cannot take this CPC designation off of this country. They have not done enough,” he said.
Responding, Garcia acknowledged that Nigeria had not made sufficient progress but maintained that the government was taking steps to address the concerns, although the measures had yet to produce the desired results.
“I think we would agree, as Under Secretary Hooker stated, after our CPC meeting that progress has not been there, but that doesn’t mean that Nigeria is dismissing concerns, and it doesn’t mean that they’re not taking actions, but it does mean that it hasn’t had an impact to this point,” Garcia said.
He identified the establishment of the US-Nigeria Joint Working Group as an important step towards ensuring accountability, noting that the platform would provide a framework for monitoring Nigeria’s commitments and assessing their implementation.
Garcia also acknowledged US-supported counterterrorism operations in the Lake Chad Basin but noted that such efforts had not necessarily addressed the activities of Fulani militants operating across the Middle Belt.
“I would have to characterise the Nigerians’ placement at this point as in building capacity. And that capacity is not deployed, is not being effective yet, and is not moving fast enough, as far as I’m concerned. But we do see a seriousness, and a deployment underway with the Nigerian government,” he said.
In his prepared testimony, Garcia said President Donald Trump’s administration had prioritised the persecution of Christians in Nigeria since the country was redesignated a Country of Particular Concern on October 31, 2025.
He noted that attacks had continued despite diplomatic engagements, citing an attack on a Christian community in Kaduna State on July 27 and killings in Plateau State in August and September.
“Unfortunately, the violence has not stopped,” Garcia said, describing the attacks as an ongoing atrocity.
According to him, the US-Nigeria Joint Working Group, which held its inaugural meeting in Abuja in January and another meeting in Washington in August, had been engaging the Nigerian government on improved security deployments in vulnerable Middle Belt communities, faster responses to early warnings and accountability for perpetrators.
He added that Washington had provided training and equipment to police units responsible for protecting vulnerable communities through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
The US had also expanded biometric information-sharing with Nigeria to help identify and prosecute perpetrators and engaged Nigerian financial institutions on measures to disrupt terrorist financing networks allegedly funding attacks on churches.
Garcia further disclosed that US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, had raised concerns about civilian casualties, the safe and voluntary return of internally displaced persons and transparency in humanitarian aid delivery during the Joint Working Group’s second meeting.
However, he acknowledged that Nigeria’s security architecture remained stretched, while judicial access to some parts of the Middle Belt remained limited.
Garcia said the US would continue to deploy diplomatic engagements, the CPC designation and targeted security cooperation to press for the protection of Christian communities and accountability for those responsible for attacks.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Federal Government has consistently rejected allegations of a Christian genocide or systematic religious persecution, maintaining that the country’s security challenges are driven by broader issues, including terrorism, banditry, communal violence and resource conflicts, which affect citizens of different religious backgrounds.
Couple Sentenced To Five Years In Prison Each For Attempting To Sell One-Year-Old So
A Nigerian couple have been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment each for attempting to sell their one-year-old son for exploitation in Cross River State.
The couple, identified as 28-year-old Emmanuel Okechukwu Ogbodo and 22-year-old Peace Ufeabuchi Nnamonu, were convicted by the Federal High Court in Calabar after pleading guilty to conspiracy and attempted child trafficking.
The convicts were sentenced on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, after they were arraigned on November 3, 2026, on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and attempted child trafficking.
The charges were brought under Sections 27 and 29 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.
Delivering judgment, Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie sentenced each defendant to five years’ imprisonment for conspiracy and two and a half years for attempted child trafficking.
However, the court ordered that the sentences should run concurrently, meaning the couple will each spend a total of five years in prison rather than serve the sentences consecutively.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), which announced the conviction in statements shared on its Facebook and X accounts, said the prison terms would take effect from the date of the couple’s arrest.
NAPTIP condemned the couple’s actions and reiterated its commitment to prosecuting human trafficking offences and protecting vulnerable persons, particularly children.
The agency also urged members of the public to report suspected cases of child trafficking to the appropriate authorities.
Six fresh graduates of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), have reportedly been found dead in an apartment around the Hilltop area of the university community in Enugu State.
The incident, which occurred on Thursday morning, has thrown the university community into mourning and sparked panic among residents and students.
According to a report by Daily Post, the victims, comprising five females and one male, were said to have graduated on Wednesday, a day before their bodies were discovered.
Their graduation celebration has reportedly turned into tragedy, with the circumstances surrounding their deaths yet to be established.
Efforts to reach the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, for confirmation were unsuccessful, as calls put through to his telephone were not answered.
Meanwhile, anxiety has gripped the Hilltop area and the wider university community, with students and residents seeking answers over the tragic incident.
As of the time of filing this report, the police had yet to issue an official statement on the incident.
Security agencies have launched a manhunt for two convicted inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Okene, Kogi State.
The Nigerian Correctional Service confirmed the incident, which reportedly occurred on Sunday, November 8, 2026, saying efforts were underway in collaboration with other security agencies to recapture the fleeing inmates.
The Service’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Corrections Jane Osuji, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday.
According to Osuji, the Controller-General of Corrections has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the incident to establish the circumstances surrounding the escape and identify any possible security breaches.
She explained that the investigation would examine potential lapses in the facility’s security arrangements and determine appropriate measures to prevent a recurrence.
The correctional authorities assured members of the public that all necessary steps were being taken to track down the escapees and return them to custody.
The Service also pledged to provide further updates as verified information emerges from the ongoing investigation.
The incident comes weeks after an awaiting-trial inmate escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Auchi, Edo State, where he was being held over allegations of conspiracy and stealing.
Saudi Arabia has executed five Ethiopian nationals convicted of smuggling hashish into the kingdom, bringing the number of executions carried out in the country this year to 205.
The Saudi Interior Ministry announced the executions on Thursday, November 5, 2026, saying the five men were found guilty of participating in the smuggling of hashish into the country.
According to a statement published by the official Saudi Press Agency, the executions were carried out in the Asir region in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
The latest executions bring to 32 the number of Ethiopian nationals put to death in Saudi Arabia in 2026, making Ethiopians the largest foreign nationality among those executed this year.
Five Ethiopians were reportedly executed in June, while another five were put to death in July over similar drug-related offences.
The latest development comes amid growing international concern over Saudi Arabia’s increasing use of capital punishment, particularly against foreign nationals convicted of drug-related offences.
Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a report published in July, warned that at least 79 Ethiopian nationals remained at imminent risk of execution over similar charges.
The rights organisation also raised concerns about alleged violations of fair trial guarantees, including inadequate access to legal representation and interpretation services for some Ethiopian migrants facing capital punishment.
Saudi Arabia recorded 356 executions in 2025, its highest annual figure on record.
Thousands of Ethiopians live and work in Saudi Arabia, many of whom migrate in search of employment through the dangerous Eastern Route connecting the Horn of Africa to the oil-rich kingdom through Yemen.
The route exposes migrants to serious security and humanitarian risks during their journey.
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