Half twin police caught for killing sex worker confesses to crime, exposes their operation, pleads for mercy
Taiwo Yemitan, who police recently arrested with his twin brother Kehinde for allegedly killing a sex worker for rituals, has exposed their underworld operation of selling body parts for between N20,000 and N100,000 – depending on the demonic efficacy of a particular part to produce fortune soap, magic powder, and other satanic quests of buyers.
Taiwo and Kehinde, both aged 47, who also work as carpenters and herbalists, allegedly lured their latest victim, a young girl named Darasimi, to their hideout at the Premier area of Abeokuta, where they killed and dismembered her body for sale.
Luck, however, ran out on them as they were arrested in a sting operation police carried out in conjunction with other security agencies.
Taiwo was arrested on 22 December 2024 alongside one Kazeem for alleged murder; Kehinde fled but was later captured.
Ogun Police Command spokesperson Omolola Odutola confirmed the victim was lured into the suspects’ Abeokuta residence and killed, per The Nation.
“Having been fingered as one of the accomplices to the tragic crime, the police surveillance team, in collaboration with the So Safe Corps, were on the look out for Kehinde until intelligence revealed his hideout on Monday, December 30, 2024,” Odutola disclosed.
“At about 5pm on that day, the Divisional Police Officer of Sango Otta received a tip from a volunteer informant indicating that Kehinde, the twin brother of Taiwo Yemitan, was hiding in Ilogbo community.
“The police launched a manhunt for him in connection with the murder and mutilation of one Darasimi, surname unknown, on the 22nd of December 2024 [after] his twin brother, Taiwo, and [alleged accomplice] Kazeem were arrested at about 1pm by the Divisional Police Officer of Lafenwa after the duo lured Darasimi, a night sex worker in Abeokuta, to their house for ritual purposes.’’
Taiwo confessed to the crime and opened up on how they had been killing people for ritual purposes in an audio file obtained by The Nation.
He confessed in the audio that after killing their victims, they would dismember their bodies and sell them to patrons who used the body parts for money making rituals for N20,000 or N50,000 or N100,000 – depending on the part – and they themselves also used some body parts to make magic soap to attract good fortunes.
He narrated: “My name is Taiwo Yemitan. I am from Fekemo area of Totoro, Owu, Abeokuta.
“My father’s name is Rafiu Yemitan. He is late now. My mother is from Gbagura area of Abeokuta too.
“My twin brother (Kehinde) and I trained as carpenters, but we also double as herbalists.
“I am 47 years old.
“We received training as herbalists in Omu Aran, Kwara State when we were contracted for carpentry job at a private university. The people who hosted us in Omu Aran were herbalists.
“While I juggled carpentry with being a herbalist, Kehinde works full time as a herbalist.
“We have been working as herbalists for 15 years, and we operate around Premier College in Abeokuta, where our office is located.
“I used to stay at Ilogbo in Ota where I was living with my wife and two children. But I usually visited my twin brother, Kehinde, in Abeokuta on weekends.
“Kehinde works as a full-time herbalist while I juggle carpentry with being a herbalist.
“On a particular weekend, I visited Kehinde and discovered that he was into trading in human parts and ritual killings. He introduced me to it.
“We usually kill our victims and sell their body parts for money rituals, grill some and grind them into powder for consumption with alcohol or mix them with soap for a magic bath that would bring good fortunes.
“We have an accomplice named Kazeem, who usually supplies us with fresh human parts. He has brought fresh human parts to us about four times. He usually wrapd them in nylon.
“We sell ordinary body parts for N20,000 and hands or limbs for N50,000. It was the same amount we sold Darasimi’s hand.
“We sell a leg for N50,000 while the heart goes for N100,000.’’
Taiwo said it was Kehinde who lured Darasimi to their home where they killed her and dismembered her body.
“Darasimi, a sex worker, was picked up from the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta and brought to our office on a Friday by my twin brother.
“She was served Fufu which we had sent a teenage boy called Samson to get for her from a food vendor in the neighbourhood.
“Samson is the one that helps us with chores and errands. I also ate from the meal.
“It was in the evening. Kazeem arrived moments later, and that was the first time I would meet him.
“At night, Darasimi made some calls on her mobile phone and I overheard her telling someone that she would return home the next day.
“Moments later, Kehinde told me that Darasimi was the person we would kill for ritual purposes.
“Kehinde later moved Darasimi to an adjoining office and engaged her in a conversation during which Kazeem appeared and covered her face with a handkerchief.
“I held her legs while Kehinde also held her down to prevent her from struggling with us. Kazeem slaughtered her, severed her head and drained her blood into a bowl, mixed it with alcohol.
“Kazeem dismembered her and took a large part of her body parts including her intestines away.
“Kehinde told me that Kazeem would return the body parts to him later when I asked why Kazeem was taking away substantial parts of the body.
“We only took her heart, kidney, head and leg.”
Taiwo said after carrying out the killing, they were apprehended by security agents at the point of handing over Darasimi’s head to a buyer for N100,000.
Unknown to them, the alleged buyer was only used as a bait for their arrest.
“The buyer, named Fakorede, is a member of the Agbekoya, a local security outfit, who promised to pay N100,000 for the girl’s head.
“We had agreed to hand over the head to him at a certain point around Premier College area of Abeokuta.
“Kehinde was to attend a party on the Saturday I was arrested. So, Fakorede asked us to wrap the head in a sack and bring it to him around 7pm.
“I was led to the place by a boy who served as our errand boy. He told me how to get to the spot.
“I approached the gate of Premier College looking forward to meeting Fakorede, only to discover that I had been lured into the police net.
“As I tried to figure out how to handle the situation, operatives of Agbekoya accosted and apprehended me. I was then taken to their office at Lafenwa, Abeokuta.
“Kehinde took the boy (Samson) to his mother’s home when we were about to kill Darasimi because we didn’t want him to know what was about to happen to the lady.
“We can never kill Samson for rituals because his mother is aware that he runs errands for us and helps us to fetch water and had even slept in our home many times.
“The highest amount we collected as payment for human parts is N100,000. We sell hand and leg for N50,000; kidney and heart for N100,000 and head also for N100,000.
“Fakorede has never bought human parts from us before. He only contacted us for human parts in order to expose and arrest us.
“I had warned Kehinde about the consequences of engaging in killing and selling human parts.
“I know that my family members would have got wind of my arrest for ritual killing, but none of them has shown up or visited me (in police custody).
“I will never engage in this crime again. I seek forgiveness and promised not to go back to a life of crime if pardoned.’’
– The Nation.
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