Man found dead on 5year old grave trying to cut of corpse's head

An unidentified man suspected to be a ritual killer has been mysteriously killed in Osun state while trying to exhume a buried corpse.

Suspected ritualist found half buried at the scene

According to reports gathered on the strange incident which took place in Ilobu community, located in the Irepodum Local Govenrment Area of Osun state, the supposed ritualist was found dead, half buried in a grave from which he had tried to cut off the head of an aged woman who had been buried there.

A source in the community who spoke to newsmen revealed that the corpse had been buried for over 5 years and that they man found dead did not operate alone.

"This particular corpse was buried five years ago and the suspected ritualist attended the burial in Ilobu. There are indications that he did not dig the grave alone.

"What we discovered is that he may have been attempting to cut off the head of the corpse when something suddenly hooked him as he managed to force half of his body into the grave to cut off the head.

"He got hooked and died on the spot, a development which possibly compelled other ritualists to run away from the scene so that they may not be affected by the mysterious thing that killed (their colleague)," the source said.
Speaking on how the residents of Ilobu got to know about the incident, the source explained that the half buried body of the suspected ritualist was discovered by a hawker in the early hours of the day.

"A woman who was hawking ogi (a local corn meal) early in the morning of Wednesday spotted the torso of the suspect sticking out of the grave and raised the alarm.

"His corpse was discovered around 6.30am and his head was covered in mud. The residents here alerted the police division in Ilobu and they later came to evacuate the body and put it in their van before taking him away," he said.

-naij