Tragedy struck in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday, when a 14-year-old boy, Malik Kareem, was brutally beheaded in a suspected ritual killing, sending shockwaves through the Olorisaoko community in the Akinyele Local Government Area.
According to multiple sources, Malik and three friends had contacted a Muslim cleric (now on the run) for a money ritual.
Unknown to Malik, his friends had conspired with the cleric to use him as a human sacrifice.
Family sources revealed that Malik’s lifeless body was found in the cleric’s house, beheaded and in a pool of blood.
The head had already been cremated. The friends had planned to use Malik’s remains to make a ritualistic pap (a local dish).
In a retaliatory move, unidentified youths set the cleric’s house ablaze. The Oyo State Police have commenced investigations into the incident, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso.
