The President of the International Council for Ifá Religion, Fayemi Fakayode, on Thursday, said that human sacrifice is not a part of Yoruba Traditional Religion.
His comments came in response to a viral video recorded at Fresh FM, a popular radio station in Ibadan, where an anonymous man claimed to have committed murders for Òrìṣà.
He said, “In the video, only the owner of the Radio station, Yinka Ayefele is seen interviewing a man whose face was not shown and the interviewee said he had killed many people for Òrìṣà.”
Fakayode said the claim was fabricated to tarnish the image of Yoruba traditional religion.
He said, “Our attention has been drawn to a viral video, allegedly made in the Yinka Ayefele studio of Fresh FM in Ibadan where a man whose face was not shown said he had killed many human beings for Òrìsà.
“It has been said before and we will continue to reiterate the fact that Yoruba Traditional Religion which is called Isese abhors human killing and true Isese worshippers are repulsed upon seeing human blood.
“Those behind this campaign have used every means to tarnish what the creator gave us to worship him, but we will continue to speak against it; using human parts or blood for money or whatever ritual is alien to our religion and we will continue to fight against it.
“We are surprised that a respected Radio Station in Ibadan can be used to launch this campaign of calumny against us and our cherished Isese, but we are using this opportunity to call on the Inspector General of Police and the state Police Command to immediately launch an investigation into the man’s claim to unearth the truth and arrest him and his sponsors.”
He further said that the ICIR has instructed its lawyer to work with Ayefele to get the identity of the self-acclaimed ritual killer for the security agencies to do the needful.
“We also advise Isese adherents to be calm and patient as we are sure that we will get to the bottom of the fabrication,” he insisted.
