No fewer than 11 suspects in possession of nine dry human skulls, one fresh human head, intestines and other human body parts, have been arrested at Orita-Aperin area of Ibadan, Oyo State.
It was learnt that the dry human skulls were harvested from burial grounds while the fresh human head and other body organs were harvested from persons killed by a kingpin, simply identified as Amuludun, who is at large.
Spokesman of Oyo State Police Command, SP Adewae Osifeso, made this known in a statement on Thursday while briefing journalists, noting that discreet intelligence gathering carried out on February 22, by a police monitoring unit, uncovered the criminal activities of the suspects.
He said; “The operatives cracked down on the suspected ritualists who specialised in selling human skulls and other organs for ritual purposes in their hideout at Orita-Aperin area of Ibadan, noting that the 11 members of the criminal gang confessed to the crime upon interrogation.
“The suspects confessed that the dry human skulls were harvested from burial grounds and that the fresh human head and other body organs were harvested from persons after being killed by their kingpin, simply identified as Amuludun, who was at large.”
However, one of the suspects and wife of Amuludun said she knew her husband as an Islamic cleric and was surprised when the human skulls were found in his office.
She said that she went to her husband’s office to collect money for foodstuff when the police came and searched the office where the skulls were found.