• Deceased Clothes Cost As Much As N300, 000The sale of corpses’ last wears is one of the unnoticed illegal businesses that are thriving in parts of the country. GBENGA AKINFENWA writes while the trade in human parts has gained immense notoriety over the years, that of corpses clothes is also blossoming in the background, as the country gradually becomes a nation of rituals. This is sustained by people’s unbridled desire wealth and power.
While they were being paraded at the Amotekun Headquarters, Dandaru, Ibadan, by the Deputy Commandant of Operation Amotekun in the state, Mr. Akinro Kazeem, they confessed that they sold human heads based on size, and cash available with their customers as at transaction time. And this ranges from N4, 000 to N100, 000.
Upon making the demand, the mortuary attendants felt unconcerned, their disposition nonchalant, even as they could not immediately respond to my demand. But when they perceived looming trouble, the cloth was produced after a three-hour wait. Even though findings reveal that usage of these fabrics differs based on location, tribe, and purpose, the major buyers of the fabrics include, the wealthy, ritualists, spiritualists, politicians, businessmen/women, as well as other such persons who use them for power and wealth acquisition.
For instance, the price of the cloth of a victim who died from serious disasters, including auto accidents, gunshots, collapsed buildings, or who suffered such calamitous fates, is different from someone who died of natural causes, from terminal diseases, or other types of deaths. “Also, as the 2023 general election approaches, those eyeing political offices have begun patronising mortuary attendants in their bid to curry favour from chieftains of their political parties. These are the factors that always determine the price. Averagely, a piece of cloth can be purchased for as much as N200, 000,” he said, adding that, “no cloth, or property of anyone struck by thunder someone that drowned can be re-used by anyone.
Even though he claimed little knowledge regarding their modus operandi, he, however, alleged that those who use these clothes for money rituals often fall victim to an untimely death, stressing that this could be responsible for the numerous untimely deaths of many young rich people whose sources of wealth remain questionable in the region.
However, it is important to point out that there are persons whose clothes or property can never be used after their death, and whoever tries to do that will experience serious calamity.
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