Two men in their 30s have been caught with human head in Kwara State.
Wasiu Omonose, 35 and Akanbi Ibrahim, 32 said they were taking the fresh human head to an Islamic cleric for money ritual.
The two guys, who are indigenes of Share, Ifelodun local government had the bag found on them containing female human head and hands.
Spokesman for the Nigeria Police Force in Kwara State, Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, a Superintendent of Police said the suspects were arrested by policemen attached to Operation Harmony while on patrol of the Oke Oyi/Jebba highway.
‘In furtherance of the unrelenting effort of the Kwara State Police Command to rid Kwara State of crimes and all forms of criminality, eagle -eyed policemen attached to Operation Harmony while on patrol of Oke Oyi/Jebba road today 24/4/2022 at about 1130hrs intercepted two men on a motorcycle.
They attempted to evade the officers on stop and search duty and this aroused the suspicion of the policemen who consequently pursued the suspects and eventually got them arrested.
In the process of searching them, a bag containing a fresh human head and hands were found in their possession.
On interrogation, the suspected ritualists by name, Wasiu Omonose ‘M’ aged 35yrs, of Abioye compound, Share and one Akanbi Ibrahim ‘M’ aged 32yrs of Sayo Street Share stated that, they were taking the fresh human head and hands to an Alfa in Ilorin for ritual purposes.
For the umpteenth time, the commissioner of police Kwara State, CP Tuesday Assayomo psc (+) is warning criminal elements to relocate from Kwara State as the Police Command would not fold its arms and allow criminals of whatever nomenclature truncate the peace and harmony presently existing in Kwara State.
Any person or group of persons found in any manner attempting to initiate the breakdown of law and order in the state would be arrested and made to bear the full wrath of the law.
The Commissioner of Police restated his determination to prosecute the suspected ritualists as soon as investigation into the matter is concluded’ he said.
