50-Year-Old Herbalist Arrested for Killing Friend to Make Ritual Soap for ‘Yahoo Boys’

50-Year-Old Herbalist Arrested for Killing Friend to Make Ritual Soap for ‘Yahoo Boys’

Osun state police have arrested 50-year-old herbalist Kehinde Ganiyu for killing his Ghanaian friend, Emmanuel Collins, for ritual purposes.

Ganiyu killed his friend to make ritual soap for internet fraudsters known as ‘Yahoo boys’ in Oba-Oke, Olorunda local government area, on Thursday, July 19.

The state police public relations officer, Yemisi Opalola, announced the arrest while parading the suspect on Friday, July 26.

Opalola said police operatives found four blood-stained knives, a chisel, two gourds, a wooden traditional pot containing black soap, two sponges with black soap, a traditional tray (Opon Ifa), and local charms with the herbalist.

As reported by The Nation, Ganiyu confessed to killing his close friend by attacking him with a knife while he was on his sickbed and using his throat to make ritual soap.