A 50-year-old Beninese farmer, Poni Bada has been arrested by police operatives in Ogun State over alleged attempt to use his 9-year-old son for money rituals.
The suspect was arrested alongside 3 other men: identified as Ige Koselu, Benjamin Balovi and Segun Shile.
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The trio were said to have accompanied the farmer to a herbalist’s home in Owode area of the state, where the money ritual was to be carried out.
According to Bada, “I have 10 children from 3 wives. The situation of things kept going from bad to worse. I could not feed my children. I then decided to use my last child, Agbe, for a money ritual, so that I could train the other children & have better living conditions.