• Say we charge N100,000 for head, N50,000 for leg, N20,000 for other parts
THE NATION
Taiwo Yemitan, recently arrested alongside his twin brother Kehinde for luring and killing a young girl for ritual purpose in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has opened on their mode of operation as serial killers in an exclusive audio file obtained by Head of Investigation, KUNLE AKINRINADE. Taiwo revealed how the abduction and killing of their last victim was orchestrated as well as the events that culminated in his arrest at the point of selling the victim’s head for N100,000.
They are a pair of twins, the very kind that many people pray to have, particularly among the Yoruba who regard the birth of twins as a harbinger of good fortunes for the parents involved.
But 47-year-old Taiwo and Kehinde Yemitan are anything but good fortunes. Rather than project their family name or make their parents proud, they became a huge source of embarrassment as alleged serial killers.
The twin brothers are regarded as the anchor of a kidnapping syndicate that specialises in killing their victims and dismembering their bodies for sale and for production of magic powder fortune soaps.
The twin brothers, who also worked as carpenters and herbalists, were said to have lured their latest victim, a young girl named Darasimi, to their hideout at Premier area of Abeokuta, where they killed and slaughtered her body for sale and ritual purposes.
Luck, however, ran out on them a few weeks ago as they were arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command in conjunction with other security agencies.
Taiwo had been arrested on December 22, 2024 alongside one Kazeem for alleged murder and dismembering of Darasimi, a sex worker, while Kehinde, his twin brother, fled.
According to the spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, the victim was lured to the suspects’ Abeokuta residence and killed.
Odutola said: “Having been fingered as one of the accomplices to the tragic crime, the police surveillance team, in collaboration with the So Safe Corps, were on the look out for Kehinde until intelligence revealed his hideout on Monday, December 30, 2024.
“At about 5 pm on that day, the Divisional Police Officer of Sango Otta received a tip from a volunteer informant indicating that Kehinde, the twin brother of Taiwo Yemitan, was hiding in Ilogbo community.
“The police launched a manhunt for him in connection with the murder and mutilation of one Darasimi, surname unknown, on the 22nd of December, 2024 when his twin brother, Taiwo, and Kazeem were arrested at about 1 pm by the Divisional Police Officer of Lafenwa after the duo lured Darasimi, a night sex worker in Abeokuta, to their house for ritual purposes.’’
In an exclusive audio file obtained by our correspondent, Taiwo confessed to the crime and opened up on how they had been killing people for ritual purposes.
He said after killing their victims, they would dismember their bodies and sell them to patrons who used them for money making rituals for as low as N50,000 and as high as N100,000 depending on the part of the body, while they also use some of the body parts to make magic soap to attract good fortunes.
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