A labourer, Muhammed Musa has been paraded by the Nigeria Police Force Ondo state command for hacking a pastor to death on his farmland
The incident which took place at Ebira camp in Ipele, a community in Owo government area of Ondo state has alerted members of the community to the high level of insecurity in their land.
The Pastor, Dada Itopa was hacked to death on his farm by Muhammed Musa and another labourer, Itopa who is currently on the run because they wanted to deliver his head to an herbalist who resides in the community.
His wife, Bose Dada who escaped with injuries inflicted on her by the labourers is currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre in Owo.
Muhammed Musa who was apprehended by police detectives in the state confessed being in the business of delivering human body parts to ritualists which was the reason he killed the pastor in order to sell his head to an herbalist.
The suspect confessed that he and Omatai pretended to be labourers and were hired by the unsuspecting pastor to help clear his farm. They attacked and killed him on the farm in order to sell his head to an herbalist.
He said ”I only macheted the wife while trying to run away but it was my oga who macheted the Pastor. We pretended to agree to work on the Pastor’s farm not knowing that the wife will follow us to the farm.
“I am from Kogi state and I help people to do farm work before Omatai introduced me to the business. The herbalist and Omatai have been on the run since the incident happened”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Funmi Odunlami, described how the suspect was arrested for hacking the pastor to death.
She said “On the 7th of August, 2023 at about 0800hrs, One Dada Itopa ‘M’ aged 45 years old Pastor and his wife Dada Bose went to their farmland at Ebira camp Ipele in company of two labourers, Mohammed Musa ‘M’ aged 30years and Omatai ‘m’ who is now at large to help them clear weeds on their farmland and a sum of N11,000 was agreed upon for workmanship.
“In the process, Omatai requested for a cutlass from Dada Itopa under the pretence that he wanted to use it to work on the farm but hacked Dada to death.”
She also described how the deceased’s wife was attacked and injured for trying to expose them and what the suspects intended to do with the pastor’s head.
“The victim’s wife, who tried crying for help to prevent him from escaping was also macheted on the head by Mohammed Musa and the victim is currently at the Hospital.
“In the course of the investigation, Mohammed Musa confessed that they carried out the attack because they needed to deliver a human head to a herbalist who requested it in Ipele.”
