The police in
Ogun state have arrested a couple and two others for being in possession of a
suspected human skull.
According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the couple, Niyi and Remilekun Folorunso, was arrested alongside one
Muyideen Tolubi and a herbalist, Sonubi Taiwo, after they allegedly severed the head of a corpse they dug from a grave in Odogbolu, a community in the state.“Upon
receiving the information, the DPO Odogbolu division, CSP Afolabi Yusuf, led
his detectives to the scene; but the suspects had already removed the head of
the corpse and left.
The police
then embarked on an intelligence-based investigation, which led to the arrest
of the couple, Niyi and Remilekun Folorunso, as well as Muyideen Tolubi.
The three of
them confessed to being the persons that dug the grave and removed the head of
the corpse.
They later
took detectives to Ikenne, where the fourth person who asked them to bring the
head for a ritual purpose was apprehended” the statement read in part.
The
spokesperson added that the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has
ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and
prosecution.
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