The Osun State Police Command has paraded an ex-convict, Adeoye Sina, for allegedly killing a pastor of a Cherubim and Seraphim church in Ibadan, Oyo State, identified as Emmanuel Ogedengbe.
Adeoye,
who had served two years’ jail term for being in possession of human wrists,
connived with five others to kill Ogedengbe.
The
suspect claimed that the pastor was his client.
Ogedengbe
and his friend, Sola Adebayo, came from Ibadan on Sunday, May 5 to meet Adeoye,
a herbalist, in Oba Ile a town in the Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun
State. The CP said after eating a concoction prepared by the herbalist,
Ogedengbe became weak and was later killed by some men working with Adeoye.
Explaining
what happened on the day, Adebayo, who drove Ogedengbe from Ibadan to Osogbo,
said upon their arrival in Osun State, Ogedengbe told him that the herbalist
could also help him with ritual to boost his business. Adebayo said he declined
the offer, adding that Ogedengbe later left with some men for an unknown place.
He later became suspicious when the
clergy did not return several hours later.
He stated, “I called Pastor Ogedengbe
several times, but he didn’t answer his calls. Adeoye advised me to carry the
ritual prepared for me and follow him to where the pastor went to, but I said
no. He put me on a motorcycle and asked someone to follow me there but I told
them I was not interested.
“When I returned to Adeoye’s house, he was
not happy and he ordered one of his workers to follow me to where I would eat
the concoction. He collected my car key when we got to his house. I lied to him
that I wanted to go and eat and he returned my car key. That was how I managed
to escape but the man he told to watch over me told him when I escaped with my
vehicle. Three motorcycles were on my trail to Osogbo. They gave me a hot chase
but I managed to escape.”
Responding
to questions from journalists, the prime suspect, Adeoye, who claimed to be a
herbalist and farmer, denied asking his men to kill Ogedengbe. He said
Ogedengbe had approached him for help because there were no longer worshippers
in his church.
He said, “I have known Ogedengbe for about
seven years. He came to me for help because his church was not doing well. He
lost his balance after he ate the ritual I prepared for him and drank a bottle
of gin in compliance with my directive. One of the boys I asked to follow him
to the river where he would have a bath suddenly brought out a machete and
severed his head. I didn’t ask them to kill him.”
One
of the suspects, Bakare Fatai, who was with Ogedengbe when he was killed, said
when the pastor became unconscious after taking the ritual, Adeoye instructed
him and Ahmed Omonla, who is at large, to kill the pastor. “I was looking for money to pay my thrift
when Adeyeye called me to accompany the pastor to where he would eat the
ritual. After the pastor finished eating the ritual, he drank the gin and
became weak. Adeoye called us that we
should kill him. It was Ahmed Omonla that killed him with a machete,” Bakare
said.
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