The Ondo
state police command has arrested four grave diggers working at a public
cemetery owned by Akure South Local Government after five severed human heads
were found in their possession.
The suspects
whose names were given as Kunle Olomofe 45; Adewale Abiodun 40; Akinola Sunday
69 and Oluwadare Idowu, 67, were arrested while trying to severe the head of a
tipper driver just buried at the cemetery. Family members of the deceased
tipper driver had come to make arrangements on how to permanently secure the
gravesite when they saw that his remain had been exhumed.
“IT WAS WHEN
WE CAUGHT THEM IN THE ACT WHICH LED TO THEIR BEATING THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT
THEY WERE IN POSSESSION OF OTHER HUMAN HEADS. WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED MEN OF
THE SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD (SARS) WHO CAME TO PICK THEM UP”THE FAMILY MEMBER
SAID.
Confirming
the incident, the spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, ASP Tee-Leo
Ikoro said an investigation into the matter has commenced. The suspects have
been remanded in police custody.
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