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.”

They call themselves men of God but perpetrate evil acts around town.
God will continue to expose them

Since it is Yoruba ritualist on the prowl then punch is not a credible sources
Ritualist is becoming rampant and scaring in ilorin yet they claim to be closer to God than any other place in nigeria

terrible