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Bizarre: Herbalist, unwilling to refund N9m, buries ex-Customs officer and daughter alive

She provoked me to anger. I did what I did because I considered her an enemy who was out to kill me if I did not act fast.”

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8 months ago

November 12, 2025

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A 64-year‑old herbalist has confessed to the Nigeria Police how he buried a 68-year‑old retired Customs officer and her 10-year‑old adopted daughter alive in a shallow grave behind his shrine in Ajuwon, Ogun State.

The herbalist, identified as Alhaji Olatunji Azeez, was paraded by the Lagos State Police command’s boss, Umar Manko.

He showed no sign of remorse as he said that he committed the act to prevent the victim from demanding N9 million he used to prepare a pregnancy concoction for her.

Trouble started for the retired Customs officer, one Mrs Angela Kerry, who resided at New Oko‑Oba area of Lagos, following her inability to give birth.

In her search for a possible solution, she was reportedly introduced to the suspect, who confessed to having carried out a series of rituals and also prepared concoctions for her to no avail.

Apparently disappointed, Kerry was said to have demanded the refund of N9 million earlier collected from her by the herbalist last month, consequent upon which he invited her to his shrine at 9, Wadoye Street, Ajuwon to collect the money.

Unknown to Kerry, who went in company of her adopted daughter, the herbalist had a sinister motive up his sleeves.

How mother, child were buried alive

Narrating how he buried both mother and child alive, the suspect who claimed to have three wives and five children said:

“She provoked me to anger. I did what I did because I considered her an enemy who was out to kill me if I did not act fast.”

“It all started five years ago when she was introduced to me by her friend, one Lizzy. She was attacked spiritually and I helped her out. She came again over a similar attack and I also prepared some concoction which saved her.

She told me that her family members were after her and I said she needed to fortify herself.

” Three years ago, she revealed that she has not been able to give birth and had not been pregnant for one day. I told her it would be impossible since she had reached menopause but she objected, saying many prophets had told her God could do it.

“Along the line, she said she wanted to sell her property at Omole, that she wanted to travel abroad to be away from her family. After selling the property, I discovered so many pastors started coming around here to get a share from the money realised. In fact she told me that she had paid N15 million to some pastors already.

“Then I told myself that if I did not act fast, these people will collect everything from her. I had to tell her to bring N9 million to prepare some concoction for her pregnancy, even though I knew it was impossible for her to get pregnant.

“She gave me N9 million. But after nine months, she returned, saying nothing had happened, and demanded a refund. That was where trouble started. I managed to pay her N 3.5 million and begged her to be patient for the balance.

“Then she charged into my temple one Friday demanding that she should be paid that day.

I told her I won’t pay her and that if she had gone to the hospital and the treatment failed would she have demanded a refund.

She threatened to deal with me if I did not pay her, saying she would show me she was in the force.

Then I told myself that if I did not act fast, these people will collect everything from her. I had to tell her to bring N9 million to prepare some concoction for her pregnancy, even though I knew it was impossible for her to get pregnant.

She gave me N9 million.

But after nine months, she came back saying nothing had happened and demanded a refund.

So, I decided to act fast before she tarnished my image. I pacified her to come back next day for the money. When leaving, I told her not to come with the daughter.

“After she left, I told myself I needed to act fast. I went to a building at the back of my shrine where I dug a hole. I spread a mat on the hole and laid a white cloth on it, exactly the way it looks in my shrine.

When she came next day, I told her to go inside the building that we needed to pray before we talk about the money. She asked if the prayer was for the pregnancy and I told her it was for fortification.

“I warned her not to take her daughter along but she refused. I did not argue any further because I did not want my plan to fail.

“On getting inside the building, I asked her to stand on the white cloth and immediately she did, she fell inside the hole and landed on her buttocks.

All I heard when she fell was yeh! When she fell, I said I have seen the end of my enemy and I have gained victory.

“The daughter did not say a word. She just stood watching. I had to cover the hole with over 40 buckets of sand.

After covering the hole, I asked myself what to do with the little girl. I left the room, locked it from outside.

When I came back at about 6.30pm, I met her on the sand. I quickly removed my jacket and poured about 30 bucket of sand to cover her.

Next day, I went to get two bricklayers to cement the place.”

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3 days ago

June 30, 2026

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday granted bail to online publisher and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, but imposed stringent fresh conditions for his release.

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Sowore is also required to surrender his international passport to the court’s deputy registrar for safekeeping. The court further directed that both sureties must be verified by counsel to the prosecution, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN.

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Last Tuesday, the judge ordered that Sowore be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre pending the determination of his motion seeking a stay of execution of the revocation order and bench warrant. The court also dismissed Sowore’s application requesting that the judge recuse himself from the trial on grounds of alleged bias.

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Sowore’s lead counsel, R.O. Adakole, appealed to the court to release his client to him temporarily to enable the retrieval of Sowore’s passport from the US Embassy in Lagos.

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Lagos NSCDC Parades Five Suspected Vandals, Two Foreigners From Togo

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3 days ago

June 30, 2026

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.….As Army recovers stolen armoured cables, other Exhibits.

The State Commandant , Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Lagos State Command , Mr Adedotun Keshinro , fnarc, today, Monday, 29th June , 2026 has paraded seven ( 7 ) male suspects between the ages of twenty seven ( 27 ) years to forty four ( 44 ) years old involved in various forms of crimes ranging from vandalism of critical national assets and infrastructure such as ; armoured cables , transformer cables , stealing of eight ( 8 ) lithium batteries and RRU inverter, which occured at various locations in the state .

Other suspects paraded today, include three ( 3 ) Togolese, male, aged 32 and 27 each, who deserted the Togolese Army and were apprehended around the Badagry axis of Lagos State .

While briefing the media, today, Monday, at the State Command’s Headquarters in Alausa, the Lagos State Commandant, said that following consistent community engagements with stakeholders in the state, the Command received credible intelligence through the Okun Ajah Community and Proton Security Ltd and responded swiftly leading to the arrest of two ( 2 ) male suspects at 1451HRS, on Saturday, 27th June , 2026 involved in the vandalism of MTN armoured cables.

The vandalized armoured cables were recovered with a shuttle bus popularly known as korepe with the plate number MUS109YH ( Benue State ).

The Command is still on the trail of 2 suspects, who are currently at large but connected to the vandalism of the armoured cables worth millions of Naira and will not rest on its oarse until they are also apprehended, prosecuted and convicted through the instrumentality of the court if found culpable.

In the ongoing efforts of the Command to take out vandals off the state, on Friday , 26th June , 2026, another male suspect was arrested by the Command’s operatives in Sogunle for vandalizing transformer cables .

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The Command has taken appropriate steps to hand the deserted Togolese Army personnel to the appropriate agency of government for further investigation .

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