A pastor, with a white garment church in Sagamu, Kehinde Onayiga, and his accomplice, Musiliu Jibril, have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a virgin , Anuoluwapo, in Sagamu area of Ogun State.
They had reportedly lured the victim, who was said to have gone missing since June 21, 2017, to Onayiga’s church where she was allegedly murdered.
Meanwhile in his confession, Jibril told newsmen that “I was able to lure the girl because she knew me and the mother, too, knew me.
“It was the pastor (Onayiga) that contracted me to help him get a female virgin for ritual. He told me he wanted to prepare some charms for some Yahoo boys.
“I delivered the girl to him in his church at Sagamu. He promised to pay me N20,000, but I am yet to get the money.”
On his part, Onayiga, who was dressed in white garment, and holding two goat horns wrapped in red cloth, denied the allegation, saying, “It is a lie. he did not deliver any girl to me in my church.”
Asked what he used the fetish-looking goat horns wrapped in red cloth for, he responded, “I used them to pray for those that are sick and are brought to my church for healing.”
The suspects confessed to the crime at the Headquarters of the Ogun State Police Command, at Eleweran, in Abeokuta on Thursday, when the were paraded alongside 55 other suspects.
The suspects’ offences allegedly range from ritual killing to kidnapping, cultism, armed robbery and impersonation.
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