CONFUSION AS RESIDENTS FIND BABY’S
PLACENTA WITH ALFA
The discovery of a baby placenta in the
residence of a man, identified simply as Alfa
Gani, is causing confusion in the Laduba
community, Ogidi area of Ilorin, Kwara State.
Our correspondent gathered on Thursday
that the discovery was made when some
volunteers went round the Laduba
community to appeal for financial
contributions from residents for the repair of
a faulty transformer in the area.
It was said that the volunteers perceived
offensive odour at Gani’s residence, which
they later reported to other members of the
community.
It was said that curious to know what
smelled, some members of the community
rushed to Gani’s residence and demanded
an explanation for the offensive odour
oozing from his house.
An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told
PUNCH Metro that Gani initially accused the
community members of intruding into his
privacy.
He was said to have rushed to the Oloje
Police Station to report the community
members.
The source added that before Gani could
come back with the police, the community
members had entered his house and
discovered a boy with a baby placenta.
The enraged community members were said
to have beaten up the boy, making him to
confess that he was asked to prepare a
charm by Gani, who allegedly exhumed the
placenta.
While this was going on, our correspondent
gathered that a woman, whose baby naming
ceremony was recently held near Gani’s
house, arrived at the scene.
On seeing the placenta, she was said to
have rushed to where the placenta of her
new-born baby was buried, only to discover
that it was missing. She was said to have
raised the alarm, alerting the community
members to the ugly development.
When he came back with the policemen to
arrest the community members, the
commotion was still in progress.
The source said, “The residents narrated
their discovery to the policemen. It was at
that point that the policemen decided to
search the entire house including an
uncompleted building behind the suspect’s
house, after which they discovered some
human parts.”
It was gathered that the enraged mob
vandalised Gani’s house and set it on fire.
Our correspondent gathered that the
policemen, who were overwhelmed by the
crowd, managed to prevent them from
lynching the suspect as they whisked Gani
away to their station.
It was learnt that the incident fuelled
speculations that there were dens of ritual
killers and markets where human parts were
traded in Ilorin.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara
State Command, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi,
however, told our correspondent that there
was no den of ritual killers in the state
capital.
He said, “That is not true. What was
discovered was not a den of ritual killers,
but a suspected criminal who was used to
performing fetish activities.
“The man was looking for a placenta of a
new baby, exhumed the buried placenta and
used it for whatever yet-to-be identified
purpose.
“He just came back from jail. He went to
where a placenta was just buried about
three days ago before the incident. He dug
up the placenta and while he was doing that,
people saw him and tried to do things their
own way.
In the process of damaging his house by the
youth, the police got there and arrested the
suspect with the exhibit.
“The police have started investigation to get
to the root of the matter.”

Source: Punch