The suspect who claimed he was a pastor of a Cherubim and Seraphim
church in Osun State was arrested following a tip-off from some
residents of the area
A 35-year-old man who
claimed to be a pastor has been arrested by officers attached to the
Osun state police command while in alleged possession of a human skull
and other charms at the Adeowo, Modakeke area of the state.
Nigerian Tribune reports
that the suspect, Clement Oyetunde who claimed he was a pastor of the
Cherubim and Seraphim, Oke-Itura parish, Adeowo, Modakeke in Osun State
was arrested following a tip off from some residents of the area.
Confirming
the arrest, the state Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Marafa told
newsmen that Pastor Oyetunde in together with another man, Wasiu who is
now on the run, buried the human skull inside his house, located at
Adeowo area, Modakeke.
Marafa said the suspect,
confessing to the crime told the police that some unseen spirits were
chasing him in the dead of the night and forced him to reveal how the
human skull was buried in the house, which he was using as church.
Responding to question from journalists, Clement said “I
am a pastor of the Cherubim and Seraphim, Oke-Itura parish, Adeowo area
of Modakeke in Osun State. It was Wasiu that brought the skull to me.
We buried it at my backyard. Wasiu left immediately and I don’t know his
whereabouts, now.
“Few
days later, while I was sleeping in the house, I heard strange voices
singing and drumming in Christian way as if they were worshiping. The
tune suddenly changed into traditional song and some invisible spirits
started telling me that I should return the skull of Iya-Osun.”
“They
told me that the skull we buried in my house was Mama Osun’s skull and
that the woman was from Ondo in Ondo State. They insisted that I must
return the skull and the noise was too much for me to bear as my head
was swelling.
“That was
why I ran out from the house and called for help so that the spirits
would not kill me inside the house. It was then that the people in my
area gathered and they eventually called the police,” Clement narrated.
While
commending the people of the area, especially the landlord association
and the vigilante men for providing useful information that culminated
in the arrest of the suspect, Marafa assured that the police would
apprehend Wasiu, stressing that the duo would face the full wrath of the
law.
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