The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 44 year old citizen of Benin Republic Anagonou Kamelan and one other suspect Monday Karezu,(32), for allegedly being in possession of a human head.
Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known, adding that the suspects were arrested on November 3, at a herbalist’s house where they intended to use the human head.
The police spokesman explained that the police operatives received information that some men were going to a herbalist’s house to use a human head for a money-making ritual,adding that upon the information, the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nurudeen Gafar led team to the area where the herbalist house was situated and laid ambush there.”
Penpushing further reports that, Oyeyemi said, the police after of about two hours laying an ambush, the two suspects arrived on a motorcycle with a bag containing the human head, and were subsequently arrested.
“On interrogation, Monday Karezu, a national of Benin Republic informed the police that he got the head from a place known as Ijale papa. This made the policemen to follow him to the place only to discover that he was lying’, Oyeyemi stated.
“Further investigation revealed that Monday Karezu is a resident of Sabo area of Abeokuta, and that the human head with him was that of a woman who died three months ago during childbirth and was buried not too far from his house,”.
Penpushing also reports that, the statement said,the police added that they discovered that the suspect had one time killed his nine months old daughter and used her head for the same purpose but did not succeed.
‘He had also exhumed another corpse, removed the head and used it for money-making ritual but failed. The latest one that landed them in trouble was introduced to him by Anagonou Kamalen, a Togolese, who informed him that he knows an herbalist who can do original money making ritual for him with human head’,
‘Hence, he exhumed the corpse of the woman buried not too far to his house, cut off the head and in company of his accomplice, took it to the herbalist house where they were apprehended before delivering it,”
Penpushing reports that, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed an investigation into the past activities of the suspects with the view to charging them to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.
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