Last Thursday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Oyeyemi Oyediran, paraded Olayiwola, who also claimed to be a herbalist, along with other suspects at the command headquarters in Akure.

The deceased was apprehended in the Oka district of Ondo town, according to the police commissioner.

Oyediran said, “On December 23, 2021, around 9am, the police received information that a self-acclaimed cleric named Alfa Tunde Olayiwola, a suspected ritualist, was about to receive a consignment suspected to be a human head.  The police immediately swung into action and the cleric was apprehended at the Ajagbale area of Oka, Ondo town.

“A fresh human head was found in his custody.  He confessed that the head found in his possession was to be used to ensure he had a better life.”

The 55-year-old Olayiwola admitted to the crime, saying he acquired the head for N60,000 from a man he did not identify and intended using it for money ritual.

The suspect died on Saturday, according to reports, and the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, the state Police Public Relations Officer, verified the suspect’s death.

She said, “At a point, he lost his voice and later became unconscious and immediately, he was taken to a hospital where he later died.”