Ifasoji Ayangbesan, 35, a suspected ritualist, admitted to purchasing a set of fresh human legs for N20,000.
Ayangbesan said he was not involved in the killing of Adeyemi, despite being accused of trying to bribe police officers with N1m to avoid being apprehended.
According to reports, the victim passed away on January 28, 2023.
At the Ogun State Police Command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state capital, the suspect was paraded on Wednesday together with 12 other suspects.
Ayangbesan, a local of the Iloti axis in the state’s Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area, claimed that his friend Lukman, who he claimed unearthed the body from a graveyard and cut the legs, gave him the limbs.
He said, “I bought the two fresh human legs, but I was not involved in the murder of the victim. I was approached by my friend, Lukman, who told me he had a pair of legs to sell.
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“Though I told him I did not need them, he convinced me to use them for a ritual to better my life and I agreed.”
When confronted with the allegation of an attempt to bribe policemen, Ayangbesan said a lawyer had instructed him to provide N10m to secure his release, but he was only able to gather N1m.
He said he was arrested when he went to deliver the money to the lawyer.
Other suspects paraded include five suspected cultists, eight armed robbery suspects and one suspected serial killer.
The state Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, paraded the suspects who he said would soon be charged in court.
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