WICKED WORLD! Man Confesses to Buying Human Legs for N20, 000 – Details
One man who confessed to buying two “fresh human legs” for N20,000, Ifasoji Ayangbesan, denied that he offered police N1 million bribe to evade arrest. Police said they caught him last week after rejecting the bribe he offered them. But Ayangbesan told PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday, when they paraded him alongside 11 other suspects at the police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, that he did not offer police a bribe.
“I did not offer police any bribe. When I heard that police were looking for me, one lawyer told me to get N10 million to set myself free, but I told him I couldn’t raise the money, but I was able to raise N1 million.”
Ayangbesan said he did not participate in the killing of the victim, but he only bought the part of the victim’s body that he needed for fetish rituals. He said he is an herbalist, not a ritualist.
Police said Ayangbesan is a member of a notorious ritualist syndicate that killed the victim on January 28 in the state. But Ayangbesan said he did not kill the victim, he only bought the legs from his friend, Lukman.
“I indeed bought two fresh human legs, but I did not involve in the murder of the victim. My friend, Lukman, approached me and said he had a pair of legs to sell. Though I told him I didn’t need them, he convinced me to use them for rituals to better my life, and I agreed.”
Other suspects paraded by the police include five suspected cultists, eight armed robbers, and one serial killer. The Police Commissioner for the state, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, said the arrests were from a joint strategic effort to deal with criminal elements in the state.
“All the suspects will soon be taken to court. As soon as I assumed office, I was briefed by my officers about the crime situation in the state, and we jointly mapped out a strategy on how best to deal with the criminal elements to ensure that the good people of the state sleep with their two eyes closed.”