Islamic Cleric In Ilorin Caught Making Concoction With Baby's Placenta.

photo credit: Success Nwogu

An Islamic cleric, simply identified as Alfa Gani was caught in Laduba, Ogidi area of Ilorin West Local Government Area, making concoction with the placenta of a new baby.

It was  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.

But Alfa Gani was said to have feigned embarrassment, accusing the concerned community members of trying to intrude into his privacy.

 This led to an argument between him and members of the community who insisted that they must get to the root of the matter.

The suspect,  subsequently  left them in his house to lodge a report at the nearby Oloje police station.

But before his arrival, the residents were said to have forced their way into the house where they met a boy preparing some charms with a baby’s placenta which was the cause of the stench in the first place.

Consequently, the angry mob that had gathered descended on the boy, making him confess that the cleric asked him to exhume the baby’s placenta to prepare the charms.

The cleric had performed a naming ceremony the day before, the mother of  the baby in the midst of the confusion  rushed to the point where the baby’s placenta was buried only to discover that it was no longer there.

While all this was going on, Alfa Gani, arrived the scene with some policemen with the intention to arrest those trying to “intrude into his privacy” but the community rose against them and presented the true version of the story to the Police.

“It was at that point that the police decided to search the entire house following which they discovered more human parts,” a source said.

The police, it was further gathered, extended their search to an uncompleted building behind the suspect’s house only to discover that the place was being used as a slaughter slab for human parts.

The mob, therefore, demolished the structures and set the suspect’s property on fire.

The presence of the policemen, it was gathered, prevented the mob from carrying out jungle justice on the suspect who was whisked away by the police.

Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the incident but said it was not a case of human parts selling.

He said a man was caught with baby placenta and the community descended on him.

Okasanmi said the man was just released from prison where he served a term for similar reason, saying: “We are still investigating the case.”

 The men of Kwara State Police Command had, penultimate week, paraded three human parts dealers, while the police were still investigating a four-storey building along Airport Road in Ilorin where human parts were also found.

Source: Vanguard