Two persons have been caught with carbonised human skulls in Ogun state by operatives of Amotekun, a local security outfit.
The Ogun State Commander of Amotekun, David Akinremi, revealed that all the suspects had been taken to the State Police Headquarters Eleweran, for prosecution.
Akinremi said Busari Aliu and Adetayo Segun were those arrested with the carbonised human skull. on Sunday, November 20 in Agunboye Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun State.
He said suspects were specialists in exhuming corpses at Agunboye cemetery.
The commander said they would remove the skulls and sell them to other members of their ritual gang.
Akinremi said, “On 4th November, 2022, one Ibu Benjamin of Ayegbami quarters, Agunboye Ijebu-Igbo reported at Amotekun office at Ijebu-Igbo that, on the same date, he discovered that one heavy iron pallet, valued at N350,000 property of his landlady, Mrs. Idowu kept within the precincts of a fenced farm and a house yard at Agunboye was stolen by unknown persons.
“Consequently, operatives of the corps embarked on intelligence activities with a view to getting those behind the crime.
“Their efforts paid off on 20th November, 2022 with the arrest of these two suspects, Busari Aliu and Adetayo Segun, who not only admitted their involvement, but led our operatives to recover the stolen item where it was kept.
“On searching the house and premises where the item was recovered, some pieces of carbonated human skull was recovered.
“During interrogation, the suspects confessed that they dug into so many graves in Agunboye burial ground and removed several skulls of buried corpses which they sold to some other members of their ritual gang.”
