He said he was arrested when he went to deliver the money to the lawyer.
Ifasoji Ayangbesan, a suspected ritualist recently arrested by the police for his alleged involvement in the killing of a 26-year-old woman, Oyindamola Adeyemi in Ogun State, has said that his lawyer instructed him to source for the sum of N10 million to bribe the police.
The police in Ogun State arrested the Ayangbesan, on Friday, April 28 in his hideout in the Ijebu-Ode area of the state.
The 35-year-old suspect who reportedly offered the police a bribe of N1 million, in order to evade arrest, denied participating in killing the victim.
He said he only bought the victim’s legs for N20,000 and claimed that he is an herbalist.
The victim made the confession when he was paraded alongside 12 other suspects at the state police command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, The Nigeria Lawyer reports.
Ayangbesan, who is a resident of the Iloti area in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of the state, said he collected the legs from his friend, Lukman, whom he said exhumed the corpse from a cemetery and severed the legs.
He said, “I bought the two fresh human legs, but I was not involved in killing the victim. I was approached by my friend, Lukman, who told me he had a pair of legs to sell.
“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.”
Speaking on an alleged attempt to bribe policemen, he explained that a lawyer had instructed him to provide N10 million to secure his release, but he was only able to get N1 million.
He said he was arrested when he went to deliver the money to the lawyer.
Other suspects paraded include five suspected cult members, eight armed robbery suspects and one suspected serial killer.
The state police commissioner, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, paraded the suspects whom he said would soon be charged.