A 42-year-old self-acclaimed pastor, Segun Philip, has been arrested by
the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing a final year
Sociology student of the Lagos State University, Favour Daley-Oladele,
for money ritual.
The cleric was arrested alongside a 23-year-old
boy, Adeeko Owolabi, said to be the boyfriend of the deceased, who was
reported to have left home to an unknown destination since December 8,
and has not been seen since then.
She was subsequently reported missing by her parents at Mowe Police Station.
The
Ogun police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest on
Sunday, said, based on the report, the Divisional Police Officer of
Mowe Division, Marvis Jayeola, detailed his detectives to unravel the
mystery behind the disappearance of the 22-year-old girl.
“The
detectives went into full scale technical and forensic investigation of
the case and their efforts paid off when the movement of the deceased
was traced to a white garment church in faraway Ikoyi-Ile in Osun State
being pastored by one Segun Philip.
“On getting to the church,
the self-acclaimed pastor was promptly arrested but he was quick to
inform the detectives that the girl was brought to him by her boyfriend
Adeeko Owolabi who was still within the vicinity of the church. The said
boyfriend was traced and apprehended immediately.”
Mr Oyeyemi
said, on interrogation, Adeeko Owolabi confessed to the police that the
deceased was his girlfriend and that he lured her to Ikoyi-Ile where he
had perfected plans with the cleric to use her for money-making ritual.
The
police said the boyfriend stated further that while the girl was
sleeping, the pastor gave him a pestle he used to smash the head of the
girl. After this, the pastor quickly used a knife to cut off her neck,
ripped open her chest and removed her heart which he used in preparing a
concoction for him and his mother to eat, Mr Owolabi reportedly told
the police.
Mr Owolabi’s mother was also arrested.
“When
asked what pushed him to such devilish act, Owolabi explained that he
decided to go into money ritual because things are not going well with
his parents economically most especially his mother who used to be the
breadwinner of the family; and when he sought for assistance from the
pastor, he was asked to bring a human being for that purpose and the
available person at that time was his girlfriend,” the police spokesman
said.
The Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered
the immediate transfer of the suspects to Homicide Section of the State
Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper
investigation.
He vowed to ensure that all the suspects face the full wrath of the law.
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