An Islamic cleric, Fatai Afobaje, who was alleged to have killed his friend, Rafiu Sulaimon and distributed his body parts have been remanded in prison by an Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court sitting in Lagos.

The magistrate, A. O. Komolafe, ordered the accused to be remanded till the court gets a legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

It will be recalled that Alfa, as Afobaje is popularly called, met the victim in a commercial bus in February after the later paid his transport fare.

Alfa was said to have cast a spell on Sulaimon, causing him to always remit his monthly salary to Alfa.

On the day of the incidence, Alfa was alleged to have, in connivance with some security guards in his street, called the victim to come over to his place for a meeting.

The deceased was hit with a charm by the security guards on his way to Alfa’s residence, an action that led to his death.

Alfa was later said to have spearheaded the sharing of Sulaimon’s body parts.

He was nabbed some days later after the police found some burnt fingers of the victim in the suspect’s apartment.

Sulaimon’s body was later discovered in a swamp, with the head and other parts of the body missing.

Detectives in charge of the case were said to have recovered the head of the deceased from the place it was buried.

While filing application before the magistrate court on Tuesday, the Police called for the suspect to be remanded stating that Alfa confessed to the crime.

The suspect was docked on a two counts charge of murder.

The charges read, “That you, Fatai Afobaje and others now at large on February 13, 2015, at about 1 am at C32, Oko Agbonla, Irete Village, Magbon, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit: murder.

“That you, and others now at large, did unlawfully kill one Rafiu Sulaimon, aged 44 years, by cutting off his head and hands with a knife.”

The offence committed is punishable under sections 231 and 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.

The accused however pleaded not guilty but his plea was not taken by the court.

The matter was however adjourned by Komolafe till June 22.