In a tragic incident that occurred at Olorisaoko community in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State on Saturday, a 14-year-old boy, identified as Malik Kareem, was reportedly beheaded for money ritual by his friends and a muslim cleric.
According to reports, the victim, who recently wrote his final subject for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination, alongside his three other age groups, contacted a Muslim cleric, now at large, for a money ritual on that day.
It was learnt that unknown to him (the victim), the three other boys had bargained with the cleric to kill him for a money ritual.
A credible family source said: “I was at home when one of my brothers ran to the house to inform me about the unfortunate incident.
“We quickly rushed down to the place to confirm it.
“When we got there, the Muslim cleric had already run away, but we found the victim’s lifeless body on the ground without a head.
“He was found in a pool of blood in that Islamic cleric’s house.
“The head has already been cremated.
“The other three boys had earlier bargained with the cleric that they would use their friend for a money ritual.
“So, when they got there, he (the victim) was strangled to death, beheaded and cremated.
“They will be using it to take pap every day, according to what they told us.”
According to another family source: “The cleric house has been set ablaze by yet-to-be-identified youths in the area.”
When contacted, the spokesman of the Oyo State Police Command, Adewale Osifeso, said investigations had already commenced on the incident.
“Investigations have commenced on the incident, and you will be updated accordingly,” Oyefeso stated.
