Ajadi Rafiu, a 40-year old resident of Magaji compound, Kehinde-Oroki village near Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state, has been charged to a magistrates’ court in Ilorin, Kwara State, north central Nigeria, for human sacrifice.
Ajadi Rafiu who was suspected of using innocent citizens of the village for sacrifice, was alleged to have killed Okita Sunday of the same village to appease his great-grandfather, who was the founder of the village.
According to the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Salome Okita, the accused, who was arraigned on a one-count charge of culpable homicide, was alleged to have criminally given a native concoction to her husband to drink, which caused him stomach ache and he eventually died.