Couple, 2 others arrested for alleged possession of human skull

Four persons have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly being in possession of a human skull.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday.

Oyeyemi gave the identities of the suspects as Muyideen Tolubi, Niyi Folorunso, Sonubi Taiwo, and Remilekun Folorunso.

He said the Odogbolu Police Division received a piece of information that some people were digging up a grave with the aim of removing the corpse of someone who was not in anyway related to them.

“The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Odogbolu Division, 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 and two others.

“The three of them confessed 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 ritual purpose was apprehended,” he said.

He stated that the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.