A 16 year old, Raimi Fatai has reportedly died while trying
to make money rituals. The secondary school student, reportedly died in
Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, following alleged administration of a liquid
substance on him by three of his classmates during a ritual. Vanguard gathered that Fatai and his classmates had embarked on
alleged money-making ritual with one of them, said to be the son of a native
doctor, giving the deceased and another the substance.
A source close to the
students told Vanguard that they consulted the herbalist to seek protection
charms and ‘traditional knowledge enhancer.’
However, Fatai, who later
fell ill after taking the substance, was said to have died two days later while
the second victim, who was also on the verge of death, was taken to hospital.
Policemen from Adatan
Division were said to have taken the corpse to a mortuary and arrested the
other students for questioning. Findings show that Fatai’s corpse was later
released to his family for burial.
It was further reported
that Fatai’s father, who was bothered about the sudden death of his son,
approached the father of another student who led them to the herbalist’s den
before the case was reported to the police.
Authorities of the school
(name withheld) summoned a meeting with the parents of the entire student
populace.
The principal of the school
confirmed the incident but stressed that the incident occurred outside the
premises of the school during the Valentine period, so there was little the
school authorities could do about it.
