3 Year Old Baby Used For Money Ritual

Three persons are currently detained over allegedly killing a 3-year-old boy for money ritual. Amidu Jimoh, John Joseph and Maliki Aderounmu are telling law enforcement agents all they know about the death of the boy said to have been buried alive as part of a money-making ritual.

Amidu and Aderounmu, two long term friends had been confronting hard times together for many years now, but both were determined never to give up.

They always told themselves that they would make it big in life no matter what it takes. Sometime in June 2013, both friends concluded that they would go diabolical when it appeared they were not making headway in their pursuit of wealth.

Both Amidu and Aderounmu reportedly headed for Osunara village, Igangan, in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State to consult a herbalist to help them out.

At Igangan, Joseph, the herbalist, reportedly assured them that he would give them solutions to their unrelenting poverty and make them rich if they can get the carcass of an uncircumcised boy.

Amidu and his friend returned to their Ibadan base wondering how they would find an uncircumcised toddler as prescribed by the herbalist.

An evil thought soon came over Amidu as he convinced Aderounmu that the best way out of the predicament they found themselves was to go for the son of his own brother, with whom they both live in the same compound. With Amidu giving assurances that the task would be accomplished without any hitch, Aderounmu reportedly agreed to carry out the task with Amidu.

On the day they would ‘use’ the boy in question, everyone in the compound was said to have gone in search of their daily bread and that was the opportunity Amidu was waiting for. He reportedly told the boy to accompany him (Amidu) to bring an item home from a nearby shop and the boy innocently nodded in agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But before the appointed day, Amidu had reportedly dug a grave dozens of meters away from the compound where he had planned to bury his brother’s son. So on the day he took the boy out of his parents’ home, Amidu allegedly drugged the boy and buried him in the grave alive.

 

As prescribed by the herbalist, the carcass of the deceased would be brought to him after seven days in the ground. A resident of the area attested that Amidu, on the seventh day, was trying to dig out the remains of the dead boy from the grave in the night when he was caught red handed in the act.

 

The neighbour maintained that when he was accused and the big polythene bag in his hands was searched, he could not offer a convincing explanation as to how he came about its contents.

 

Law enforcement agents were alerted and Amidu was immediately arrested and detained. During preliminary investigations, Amidu confessed to his heinous crime and named Aderounmu as the one who joined him to dig the grave and also connived with him to pick the boy that was killed. Aderounmu was also picked up and detained. Days after, both Amidu and Aderounmu reportedly led law enforcement agents to Igangan where Joseph the herbalist lives.

 

The herbalist also was arrested and all brought to Ibadan for further questioning. In his confessional statement, Amidu claimed that he actually thought of his brother’s son because he was given a specific date by Joseph to produce a carcass and he was losing the battle to get one.

 

He said, “This is the work of the devil because my brother does not deserve this treatment meted out to him. I was under pressure to get a boy of that age and time was running out. That was why I convinced Aderounmu that we should go for the boy.” Joseph, in his statement, claimed that he did not ask the two men to go pick the boy in question, but only told them that a boy of that age was all they needed to become rich. In the words of Joseph, “I did not tell them to go and kill anyone.

 

All I told them was that they should get the parts of a boy and it was up to them to know how to get it. So, killing the boy is not my doing.” According to a police source, the two friends and the herbalist conspired to kill the boy.

 

“Some of the claims of the accused persons were pure lies. Investigations have shown that they all conspired to carry out the act, but we are on top of the situation.” The law enforcement officer maintained that the suspects would be charged to court soon