Islamic cleric kills best friend for rituals in Lagos

Hmmm....An Islamic cleric, Mr. Fatai Afobaje has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his best friend, Rafiu Suleiman for money ritual in Lagos State, the PUNCH has reported.

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Afobaje who resides in Badagry area of Lagos state met his best friend several years ago in a commercial bus where the deceased paid for his transport fare in order to save him from being embarrassed by the bus conductor since he was not having money. The two had since become good friends prior to the said evil day.
According to police report, after the 40 year -old Kwara-born was killed by the Alfa and his accomplices, the deceased’s body parts were shared amongst them for ritual purposes.
The police report also said, the suspect planned the victim’s murder with the help of a vigilante group leader in the area, Tanko. The deceased, Suleiman was murdered last Friday night.
A source revealed to the newspaper that, after the kind act by Suleiman, the Alfa and the deceased became best of friends which later turned sour due to quest for money.
The source continued;
“The Alfa then said he would like to know him better for being so gracious to him (Alfa). So Suleiman gave the Alfa his address and asked him to visit”.
“That was how the friendship started. From what we found out, Suleiman, who worked as a crane operator, would collect his salary and give half of it to the Alfa at the end of the month and that happened for a long time.”
The source also added that the victim was called by the Alfa to come for a meeting around 8pm.
“As soon as the victim got to the street’s gate, the security guards surrounded him and asked who he was looking for. When he told them, they flogged him with charms and he died.”
“They then called the Alfa to come and when he arrived, they shared his body parts. While one collected his head, another demanded all his intestines, while another asked for his breast, which was given out.”
”The deceased boss contacted policemen from the Morogbo division when the deceased did not turn up for work.
”The deceased brother, Yinusa Wahab said the victim’s wife told him to search Afobaje’s house insisting that the victim was there.
“We went to the house, but he was not around. We searched everywhere and didn’t see my brother. Later, we saw a mutilated corpse floating on a stream near the house. It was swollen and there was no head, the breast had been cut off.
“We went back to the house and as we looked around, I saw some fingers in a port which were still being burnt and when i saw them, i could recognise that they belonged to my brother.”
After Afobaje and his accomplices were arrested by the police, he pleaded guilty for the act and said;
“He was on his way to my house when he was killed. When I got there, he had been killed and then we shared his body. I urged my accomplices to also confess because the act has been uncovered and there is nothing we can do about it.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident.
He said, “The decomposing corpse of the victim has been recovered, while Alfa Fatai has been arrested.
“The matter has been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Department, Yaba”.