Man Caught Trying to Use 7-Year-Old Nephew for Rituals in Ekiti

• Ekiti Police Arrest Man for Attempted Ritual with Nephew
• Herbalist Alerts Police, Exposes Suspect
• Case Follows Recent Ritual Killing in Kwara

A 23-year-old man, Solomon Fabiyi, has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for allegedly attempting to use his seven-year-old nephew, Jomiloju, for a money ritual.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a statement on Tuesday, the command’s spokesperson, Sunday Abutu, confirmed that Fabiyi was apprehended on Friday, February 14, 2025, in Ado-Ekiti before he could carry out the act.

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According to Abutu, the suspect confessed to the crime and has already been arraigned.

“He was arrested by our operatives on Friday, February 14, 2025, at about 7:00 PM following a tip-off while he was on the verge of using his nephew for a money ritual,” Abutu told journalists.

In a viral social media video, Fabiyi admitted that a local herbalist had instructed him to bring someone for the ritual, claiming the victim would not die but would suffer an ailment. However, in a surprising turn of events, the same herbalist alerted the police when Fabiyi brought the child for the ritual, leading to his arrest.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Fabiyi’s case follows the recent arrest of a 29-year-old self-proclaimed Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Mohammed Bello, who was accused of killing and dismembering a final-year student of Kwara State College of Education, Lawal Hafsah Yetunde, for ritual purposes.

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