Three suspects who were allegedly in possession
of two human skulls have been apprehended by
operatives of the Ogun Police Command Ayetoro
Division.
The suspects with the human skulls
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested
three men for being in possession of two human
skulls.The suspects, according to a statement in
Abeokuta yesterday, by the Command’s
spokesman, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, are Saibu
Popoola, Aliu Ajiroba and Jimoh Ijiola.
Oyeyemi disclosed that the suspects were
arrested when policemen attached to Ayetoro
Division, on routine patrol, accosted the duo of
Popoola and Ajiroba on a motorcycle along
Idagba Olodo road with a bag that looked
suspicious.
The suspects, the Police spokesman added,
confessed that the skulls were given to them by
Ijiola, a resident of Erinpa area of the town,
adding: “Upon the information, the DPO of Ayetoro
Division, Makinde Kayode, led detectives to the
residence of the third suspect, where he was also
arrested.”
It was gathered that the suspects got the skulls
from neighboring Benin Republic with the intention
of using it for money rituals.Meanwhile, the
Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has
ordered that the case be transferred to State
Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department
for further investigation and possible prosecution
of the suspects.
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