Pastor 'kills friend for ritual purposes'

A Pastor, simply identified as Abimbola has been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly murdering a 54-year-old man, Yusuf Kamilu.

Kamilu, a theatre practitioner was found dead by the roadside after paying a visit to Pastor Abimbola and his eyes and tongue were removed.

Kamilu had apparently told his wife, Adijat, on Tuesday morning that he was going to see his Pastor friend, because they had a very urgent meeting at an undisclosed place.

Adijat raised the alarm when he failed to them.

In her statement to the police, she said "At about 10am when he left the house on Tuesday, Abimbola called him on phone, and my husband replied that he was already about leaving. He promised to come back at about 6pm.

"By 3pm that same day, I called him on phone again. He still answered me and I heard the voices of about four persons laughing in the background. He made me to know that he was still at the pastor's place.

"Then in the evening, when he did not return as he promised, I called his phone at about 10pm, but his line was switched off.

"The following morning, at about 6am, two men came to our house to call me that they saw my husband at the junction. Even before leaving the house, I called the pastor's number, and he said he would be with us in 30 minutes time, but he did not show up.

"Later, after I had seen Kamilu's body, and we had rushed him to the hospital, we called him again and he said he had travelled."

The following day, the pastor was arrested by policemen from the Ayinla Police Division.

Abimbola reportedly gave contradictory answers to the police when he was being interrogated.

When a search party was sent to his home, some fetish things including black calabashes were allegedly discovered in his compound.

The Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the suspect was still with the police, adding that investigations are ongoing.