The prosecutor, Sunday
Ogunremi said the accused on 5 May, 2017 at Sango road, Ibadan magisterial
district, did unlawfully have in his possession one human skull.
Cherubim and Seraphim (C
& S) Church prophet in Lagos, Mr Alimi Isaiah, 55, was arraigned before the
Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for allegedly being in possession of human
skull and a horn.
The prophet was arraigned
on a count charge of unlawfully having human skull in his possession.
According to the
prosecutor, the offences contravened sections 329(A) Criminal Code, Cap. 38,
Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.
Meanwhile, the accused, in
his confessional statement, told the police that he is a prophet at the
Cherubim and Seraphim (C & S) Church in Lagos, but that he learned machine
repair job, but did not complete his apprenticeship before his friend lured him
to join the pastoral job.
In his confessional
statement, the accused allegedly told the police: “I use the horn to control
people that come to me for prayers in order to collect huge amount of money
from them.
I got the human skull from a particular area of
Lagos when they brought bulldozer to bulldoze the street.
I took it from there for personal use because
I know it will be useful for me. I was arrested on my way to Ibadan from Lagos
at a checkpoint.
I was in the public
transportation when the police stopped our vehicle and started searching our
bags before he was caught”.
In his ruling, Chief
Magistrate Abiola Richard granted him bail in the sum of N75, 000 with two
sureties in like sum.
One of the sureties must be
a Level 8 civil servant while the other must be his blood relation with the
National Identification card.
She adjourned the case till
June 28, 2017 for further hearing.
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