Hammed Shittu in Ilorin
Police detectives from the Kwara State Police Command have arrested five suspected ritualists that had hired a sex worker in one of the hotels in Patigi town in Patigi Local Government Area of the state for money rituals purpose.
The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Tuesday Assayomo, disclosed this in Ilorin yesterday in a statement signed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi.
According to him, the suspects were arrested following a tip off from the members of the public in the town.
According to the statement, “the command wishes to inform the members of the public in Kwara State on the command’s breakthrough in the investigation of a reported case of missing person turned homicide.
“On 29/6/2021 at about 2308hrs, an unknown young person later identified as Samuel Peter Tsado ‘m’ of Patigi town in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, went to one Victory Hotel Patigi and requested for the service of a commercial sex worker by name Abigail ‘f’ other names unknown.
“After the monetary negotiation of N5, 000 both Peter and Abigail left the hotel premises to an unknown place, ever since then both of them were not seen again.
“On the receipt of the report of the missing person, the commissioner of police who suspected foul play directed the case be taken over by the State Criminal investigation Department for a discreet investigation.”
The statement added that, “Investigation however led to the arrest of one Samuel Peter Tsado, who confessed that he actually contracted the deceased for sex and he also confirmed that himself and one Mohammed Agbara ‘m’ a.k.a. Madi both agreed and planned how to make a money ritual.
“And in furtherance of their desires, they planned on how to source for the human head that would be needed for the money rituals which prompted him to leave his house at Patigi for Victory Hotel with his motorcycle where he approached the late Abigail, a sex worker, who agreed to follow him home after agreeing on N5,000:00 for the night.
“At Samuel Peters home where Mohammed Gbara ‘m’ an accomplice was already waiting, Abigail was strangulated by the duo of Samuel Peter Tsado and Mohammed Gbara, the head of late Abigail was severed with a knife, the headless body of the deceased was conveyed by the suspects on Samuel Peter Tsado’s motorcycle and dumped in the bush along Patigi/Rifun Road. Both Samuel and Mohammed went separately away, to reassemble in Bida on 30/6/2021.
“While in Bida, the deceased head was kept in Mohammed Abubakar ‘m’ a.k.a. Mallam Baba Pati’s home awaiting the arrival of the ritualist from Maiduguri in Borno State for the money ritual exercise.”
The statement stated further that, “Investigation took detectives to Bida and Minna in Niger State where three other suspects were arrested, they confessed to the offence and also confessed to have been involved in an earlier ritual attempt using a hand of one victim yet to be identified.
“The suspects took detectives to the bush where the carcass of the deceased was recovered and effort to recover the head of the deceased was still in progress as the custodian of the head is still at large, but he will certainly be arrested and brought to justice.”
The statement therefore said that the five suspects in connection with the dastardly act would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
The police also assured the people of the state of safety and security of their lives and property.
