Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested
an Islamic Cleric and 10 other suspected ritualists found with ten human
skulls and body parts.
The wife of the
self-proclaimed cleric identified as Amuludun, told security operatives that
she only knew her husband as an Islamic cleric and was surprised when the human
heads (nine dried skulls and a freshly harvested head) were found in his
possession.
According to her, she
went to her husband’s office to collect money for foodstuff when the police came
and searched the office where the skulls were found.
It
was gathered that intestines and other human body parts were also found in the
suspect’s branded office.
The spokesman of the command, SP Adewale
Osifeso, said that discreet intelligence gathering carried out on February
22 by a police monitoring unit uncovered the criminal activities of the
suspects.
He explained that operatives cracked down on the suspected ritualists who specialized in selling human skulls and other organs for ritual purposes in their hideout at Orita-Aperin area of Ibadan, noting that the 11 members of the criminal gang confessed to the crime upon interrogation.
He
further said that the suspects confessed that the dry human skulls were
harvested from burial grounds and that the fresh human head and other body
organs were harvested from persons after being killed by their kingpin,
identified as Amuludun, who was at large.
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