Three crime suspects have been arrested by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly being in possession of a human skull in Ogii, a community in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state.
Penpushing reports that the Command Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, made this known in a statement explaining that police operatives from the Okigwe Divisional Police Headquarters arrested the suspects on February 3, 2025 along Okigwe-Umuahia Express Road in the Ogii Community.
The spokesperson, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, gave identities of the arrested suspects said to be males as include Patrick Okoere (29) Ifeanyichukwu Anyaemeka(28), and Chukwuemeka Onyekachi(20), adding that residents of the Ogii Community assisted the police operatives during the arrest of the suspects.
Penpushing further reports that Okoye disclosed that apart from the human skull, the suspects were also in possession of a native hen and white garments when they were arrested, stating that one of the suspects, (Okoere), claimed during an interrogation that his uncle, Osunta Oko, had asked him to acquire a human skull.
“He claimed to have found it along a riverbank on the Okigwe-Umuahia Expressway, an area where the (Imo State Police) Command has received cases of kidnappings. The Imo State Police Command is actively pursuing Osunta Oko and other possible accomplices in connection with this disturbing incident. In addition, a DNA analysis is underway to determine the identity of the skull’s owner,” he added.
Penpushing also reports that Okoye said the Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has reassured the residents of the state that the command would remain committed to ensuring their safety, adding that the police in the state were determined to prosecute the suspects to ensure that justice was served.
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