I sold human parts to churches and ritual killers – Joshua

November 21st will ever remain indelible  

in the heart of Oloko villagers as 

members of the palace guard to 

the community leader of Ajara Topa 

community in collaboration with a 

vigilante group operating in the area 

arrested a man who allegedly eats 

and sells human parts to ritualists, 

operating from a hole he dug under 

the Gbaji bridge along the 

Badagry-Seme border.



Joshua Akindele,56, hails from Etokia

 Local Government in Ogun State was 

earlier spotted by one Anthony Amos 

who watched him crawl into a hole 

under the Gbaji bridge. Joshua 

confessed that he had been into

 cannibalism and ritual killing for the

 past 15 years, after being introduced 

to the business by a friend who 

convinced him to stop driving popular 

motor cycle known as “Okada” 

which he claimed  profited him a 

little, but could not sustain him. 

He further said that he had been 

earlier sent to prison for 

5 years after molesting a 

17-year old girl.

Speaking with Crime Guard, 

Akindele confessed to be the 

brain behind the incessant killing 

within the village using  ply woods 

to hit his human prey, and dragging 

them into the holes before splitting 

their parts for food and business… 

with ritual buyers.
In his statement “I have been in 

this business for the past 15 years 

after my friend advised me to stop

 riding okada and to join him 

in ritual killing and cannibalism”

When asked how he carried out his 

activities, he confessed “Whenever 

I see somebody walking alone without

 being conscious of who is watching, 

I walk slowing up to them and use a 

big ply wood to hit them on their 

heads after which they fall unconscious, 

I then drag them into the hole and use 

a knife to cut them into parts which 

I sell to some churches and some r

eady buyers who indulge in ritual 

killing for easy money, and some 

times when I feel hungry  late in 

the night, I eat some parts for food.

He confessed further that he sells the 

parts as follows: Heads 7,500, 

breast 1,500, p*****s 1000, 

hands and legs for 3,500.

Amos who is a member of a 

vigilante group in the area 

alerted other members  of t

he group and palace guards 

of the Baale of Ajara Topa 

community to the 

movements of  Joshua.

He told Crime Guard that at 

about 1 a.m on 21st of November,

 he was on his normal routine watch 

when he noticed him (Joshua) 

crawling into the hole with a rice bag, 

he quickly alerted other members who 

confronted him with a gun and 

ordered him to drop and open 

what he was crying. When he did, 

they discovered rotten human parts; 

 skulls, legs, hands, breasts e.t.c.

Crime Guard visited the palace of 

the Baale of Ajara Topa community, 

 Chief Samuel Amosu Owolabi, who 

after  confirming the incident told 

Crime Guard that he was sleeping 

in his palace when an emergency call 

woke him with the caller informing him

 that a man had been arrested by 

members of his palace guards in 

collaboration with members of t

he vigilante group with human parts.

Chief Samuel said he quickly called Chief 

Patifo , Baale of Iyafin whom his 

community shared the bridge with

 to accompany him to the scene.  

When he got there, he noticed a 

mob had begun beating the 

suspect and only stopped after 

he begged them to let him live 

so that proper investigations 

will be carried out by the police.

Crime Guard confirmed the 

suspect was in the custody 

of the Badagry police division 

from a police source who

 pleaded anonymity.