3 arrested with human skin, burial shrouds

The Osun State Police Command has arrested three suspects in Ile-Ogbo, Iwo LGA, found in possession of items suspected to be human remains. The arrest was confirmed in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi. Ojelabi explained that the police received credible intelligence on December 3, regarding individuals in possession of human parts […]

The Osun State Police Command has arrested three suspects in Ile-Ogbo, Iwo LGA, found in possession of items suspected to be human remains.

The arrest was confirmed in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi.

Ojelabi explained that the police received credible intelligence on December 3, regarding individuals in possession of human parts at a location in Ile-Ogbo.

He said, “A team of policemen swiftly moved to the scene where the three suspects were arrested inside a dilapidated building.

“Two plastics containing human skin, a white gown used to bury a corpse, two dried bones suspected to be human bones, 21 pieces of teeth suspected to be human teeth, four horns wrapped with a red cloth, three small nylons containing suspected human hair, one small knife, a substance suspected to be Indian hemp and cash sum N127,000.’’

He said the suspects confessed to the crime and admitted to have exhumed the human parts from a grave at a Muslim cemetery located at Gaa-Fulani area, Ile-Ogbo, with the intent of using the parts for money making rituals.

He further said the police command, in Ikire, Irewole LGA, equally arrested a suspect in possession of one unlicensed single-barrel gun with three live cartridges on December 16.

He said the suspect, who was from Olorunsogo community, Panada area, Ikire, could not give a satisfactory account of the gun, and that when the police went to search his house, another single-barrel gun was recovered. (NAN)