JUST IN: Outrage as Ritualist Arrested With Fresh Human Head in Ibadan, Photo Emerges

JUST IN: Outrage as Ritualist Arrested With Fresh Human Head in Ibadan, Photo Emerges

  • A suspected ritualist, Hassan Kolawole, has been paraded by the Oyo state police command in Ibadan
  • Legit.ng gathered that Kolawole's victim was recently murdered as the recovered head was still fresh
  • Nigerians on the social networking platform, X, are disturbed by the news of the wicked killing

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9-year-experience covering current affairs in Nigeria

Ibadan, Oyo state - The police in Oyo state, on Friday, November 10, paraded a suspected ritualist, Hassan Kolawole.

According to The Punch, Kolawole, 45, was arrested with a fresh human head in Ibadan, the state capital.

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Suspected ritualist caught in Ibadan. Photo credit: Nigeria Police Force
Source: Twitter

Ritualist nabbed with human head in Ibadan

The suspect was paraded at the command headquarters at Eleyele in the state's Ibadan north-west local government area (LGA).

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Legit.ng learnt Kolawole was arrested in Ona Ara LGA of Oyo state, Blueprint newspaper reported.

Following the update from the police, some social media users made their reactions known.

Legit.ng captures some from X (formerly Twitter) below:

@IamBlaccode said:

"Ibadan is gradually becoming an undercover and a den of ritualist. Remember the issue of Soka and other similar stories... One need to be more careful of underground and uncompleted buildings that are in secluded bushes, that is where they perpetrate their evil."

@The_khemist commented:

"OMG, these killings. God help us."

@pacifik_cruise remarked:

"No sign of guilt or regret on his hardened face."

Doris Michael wrote:

"This is terrible."

@Street_king_007 wrote:

"December ritual is always on the rampage everybody want to ball."

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@officialntino_ said:

"Make una dey careful oh...this nah December period like this oh...just be careful please."

Adebola Mumeenat wrote:

"These people should not turn Ibadan to that state that is full of bad news o. Wetin be this nau."

@iampago said:

"He go chill for jail."

@Adekpefinexx wrote:

"Things men do for money.
"Innocent souls are being wasted everyday for ritual purposes and it seems as if this thread can't be curtailed."

Pastor arrested for with human skull

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a group of individuals, including a pastor from the Christ Liberty Evangelism Church in Rosco, Iyana Iyesi, Ota, identified as Oyenekan Oluwaseyi, and three others, were apprehended in Saje area of Abeokuta, Ogun state, for possession of a human skull.

Oluwaseyi and the three accomplices, identified as Ibrahim Agbowewe (30 years old), Suleiman Ogunbunmi (40 years old), and Gafari Akinsanya (57 years old), were taken into custody by the state's police command.

Source: Legit.ng

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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.