Watch Video: Man set ablaze for allegedly turning students into yams in Ibadan

A middle-aged man suspected to be a ritualist was on Friday morning set ablaze in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

According to reports, the suspect, whose name could not be ascertained, was killed and set ablaze on Friday morning.

He was arrested by the angry residents of Ashi, Bodija, and Akobo for allegedly turning two students of Bashorun Ojoo High School into tubers of yam.

The incident occurred at the front of the school.

Sources said that the man was arrested when it was discovered that he turned the students into tubers of yam.

All efforts made by the residents to prevail on him to turn them back proved to be abortive.

The man, according to sources who asked not to be named, was tied with ropes and interrogated.

His inability to provide concrete answers made the angry residents set him ablaze.

The remains of the suspect were later dumped at the front of the school fence.

In a video seen by The Post, the man was tied with roped with two tubers of yam placed before him.

However, it was unclear if the man truly turned the students into the tubers, as teachers at the school refused to comment on the incident.